{"product_id":"an-authentic-life","title":"An Authentic Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSprawling yet urgent, meditative yet lucid, the poems in Jennifer Chang’s anticipated third collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Authentic Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, offer a bold examination of a world deeply influenced by war and patriarchy. In dialogues against literature, against philosophy, and against God, Chang interrogates the “fathers” who stand at the center of history. Poems navigate wounds opened by explorations of family and generational trauma, and draw on the author’s experiences as a mother, as the daughter of immigrants, and as a citizen of a deeply divided nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, the patriarchal violence of history becomes intimate, brought down to a domestic scale. A woman sweeping the floor cannot escape thoughts of war, or her dying mother, while another scene shows friends questioning the “despite-ness” of love. In poems where the lyric is reimagined as porous, discursive, and bursting open, Chang fearlessly confronts the forms of knowledge that hold power. Meticulous and masterful,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Authentic Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ecreates a world where we can begin “to unlearn everything.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: USA, 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press,U.S.\u003cbr\u003ePages: 112\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1556596995\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781556596995\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jennifer Chang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51516252881162,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781556596995.jpg?v=1752838214","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/an-authentic-life","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}