{"product_id":"thousand-star-hotel-9781566894708","title":"Thousand Star Hotel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThousand Star Hotel \u003c\/i\u003econfronts the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"with thanks to Sahra Nguyen for the refugee style slogan\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey give the kids candy to bet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMy daughter loses the first four rounds, \u003cbr\u003eshe's a quiet wire as they take her candy away, piece by piece.\u003cbr\u003eWhen she finally wins, I ask if she wants to play again.\u003cbr\u003eNo! she shouts, grabbing her candy, I want to go home!\u003cbr\u003eTrue refugee style: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003etake everything you got and run with it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBao Phi\u003c\/b\u003e is a National Poetry Slam finalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBao Phi is a multiple Minnesota Grand Slam poetry champ and National Poetry Slam finalist who has been on HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry and whose work was included in the Best American Poetry anthology of 2006. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSông I Sing\u003c\/i\u003e and is currently the Program Director of the Loft Literary Center.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725485216018,"sku":"9781566894708","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f0309c7-6fdd-4be7-89b6-8b391b6b8a02.jpg?v=1734831006","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thousand-star-hotel-9781566894708","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}