{"product_id":"lunch-in-chinatown-9781950063888","title":"Lunch in Chinatown","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew from Mary Bonina-and particularly timely-\u003cem\u003eLUNCH IN CHINATOWN\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetry collection inspired by the poet's work teaching the English language to immigrants from Haiti, China, Poland and other European countries, Central, Latin American, and African nations, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems highlight, as Patrick Sylvain, Professor of Global Studies, states in his introduction, \"the universal nature of human connection, understanding, and a sense of shared humanity in the face of cultural and linguistic differences\" Bonina sees her classes as offering survival skills, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand compares her necessarily improvised lessons to the act of writing a poem, \"that familiar process of one word, one thought, leading to another, often unanticipated one, recognizing endless possibilities, and finally settling on the right one in a moment of revelation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cervena Barva Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50408844034322,"sku":"9781950063888","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db888416-a544-471d-96fa-4b14eafae519.jpg?v=1729278174","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lunch-in-chinatown-9781950063888","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}