{"product_id":"landlock-x-poems-9781680033052","title":"Landlock X: Poems","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAward-Finalist Poetry Collection Exploring Adoption and Identity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the 2023 \u003ci\u003eBig Other\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSarah Audsley's debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eLandlock X\u003c\/i\u003e, joins a growing body of adoptee poetics. By examining the consequences of the international transracial adoptee experience--her own--Audsley's collection finds more questions than solid answers. Employing a variety of poetic forms, co-opting the pastoral tradition to argue for belonging to the rural landscape--despite the inheritance of displacement and removal from a country of origin--\u003ci\u003eLandlock X\u003c\/i\u003e tries to solve for all of the (adoptee's) variables and knows it is an impossible task that the \"I\", \"you\", and \"we\" of the poems only approximate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Makes This Poetry Collection Unique\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis debut collection bridges the gap between adoptee literature and pastoral poetry, examining how a Korean American adoptee raised in rural Vermont negotiates belonging to a landscape while carrying the weight of displacement. The poems grapple with loss, grief, and the search for identity when origin stories remain incomplete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAudsley uses varied poetic forms to explore these complex themes, creating a collection that speaks to both personal experience and universal questions of identity and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFrom the Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003e\"The Black Cows in the Foreground\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nit is unknown\u003cbr\u003e\nwhere the bones\u003cbr\u003e\nof your mother\u003cbr\u003e\nturned to fragments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003enone in the painting\u003cbr\u003e\nof the black cows\u003cbr\u003e\nso where to grieve\u003cbr\u003e\nher body\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eno parcel of land\u003cbr\u003e\nto plant sorrow\u003cbr\u003e\nin furrowed rows\u003cbr\u003e\nthe black cows graze\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Sarah Audsley\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSARAH AUDSLEY, a Korean American adoptee raised in rural Vermont, has received support from The Rona Jaffe Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Banff Centre's Writing Studio, and a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council. Her work appears in \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFour Way Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTupelo Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and a member of The Starlings Collective, she lives and works in Johnson, VT.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Texas Review Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication Date: February 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAward: Finalist in 2023 \u003ci\u003eBig Other\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Texas Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680414372114,"sku":"9781680033052","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_063e9a7f-b227-416f-aaed-f4ce1dc914b8.jpg?v=1734906254","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/landlock-x-poems-9781680033052","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}