{"product_id":"master-paperback","title":"Master - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Shieh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTerrance Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry, selected by Terrance Hayes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe debut collection from Simon Shieh, \u003ci\u003eMaster\u003c\/i\u003e is a stark, surreal, and imagistic reckoning with a traumatic past. \u003ci\u003eMaster\u003c\/i\u003e follows the speaker's struggle with masculinity from a martial arts school in upstate New York to a boxing academy in Beijing. Language emerges in this collection not as a neutral witness to a boy's subjugation, but as the very tool of hegemony, though one which also holds the key to its own undoing, and therefore to freedom. As much as \u003ci\u003eMaster\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of pain, it is also a journey to healing, illuminating that while violence can be our patrimony, it does not have to be our destiny.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Shieh\u003c\/b\u003e is a Taiwanese American poet and essayist. He has lived in upstate New York and Beijing, China, where he co-founded \u003ci\u003eSpittoon Literary Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, which translates the best new Chinese writing into English. From 2008-2014 he competed as an amateur and professional Muay Thai fighter in China, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, and the U.S. Simon's work has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. He lives in the U.S. with his wife, Charlotte, and their dog, Momo. \u003ci\u003eMaster\u003c\/i\u003e is his first collection of poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726592970815,"sku":"9781956046212","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d5077d564c4ab8ffa6fca474abd513bd.webp?v=1765111562","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/master-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}