{"product_id":"rain-in-plural-poems-9780691203560","title":"Rain in Plural: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated new collection from a poet whose previous book was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e is the much-anticipated fourth collection of poetry by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, who has been praised by \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus \u003c\/i\u003eas \"a master of musicality and enlightening allusions.\" In the wholly original world of these new poems, Sze-Lorrain addresses both private narratives and the overexposed discourse of the \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e, using silence and montage, lyric and antilyric, to envision what she calls \"creating between liberties.\" With a moral precision embracing \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e without eschewing \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e, she rethinks questions of citizenship, the selections of sensory memory, and, by extension, the tether of word and image to the actual. She writes, \"I accept the truth in newspapers \/ by holding the murder of my friends against my chest. \/\/ To each weather forecast I give thanks: \/ \u003ci\u003emerci\u003c\/i\u003e for every outdated \/\/ dusk\/dawn.\" Agrippina the Younger, Franz Kafka, Bob Dylan, a butoh performance, an unnamed Raku tea bowl--each has a place here. Made whole by time and its alteration in timelessness, synchrony, coincidences, and accidents, \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully reveals an elegiac yet ever-evolving inner life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiona Sze-Lorrain\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, translator, editor, and zheng harpist. She is the author of three previous poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ruined Elegance \u003c\/i\u003e(Princeton), which was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. She has also translated more than a dozen books of contemporary Chinese, French, and American poetry. She lives in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376536293650,"sku":"9780691203560","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_66842793-1514-4906-9d39-c19436c9c4c5.jpg?v=1728600141","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rain-in-plural-poems-9780691203560","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}