{"product_id":"of-gods-strangers-paperback","title":"Of Gods \u0026 Strangers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTina Chang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA meditation on history and the imagination that bears witness to acts of genocide and to natural disasters in Ethiopia, Haiti, and Sri Lanka, Of Gods \u0026amp; Strangers interweaves lyrical, arresting accounts of our contemporary world with stories of \"Empress Dowager\" Tzu Hsi, last empress of China (1861-1908). An urgent reminder that poetry can offer us a social consciousness--\"in my locked mouth an urge\"--Of Gods \u0026amp; Strangers deftly traces the human dimensions of the \"great modern machine,\" looking to recover the present and its people through the past's \"faulty memory.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of Half-Lit Houses, TINA CHANG teaches at Sarah Lawrence and serves as Brooklyn Poet Laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 6.07 x 8.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729981476927,"sku":"9781935536178","price":20.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bbf0459fd4411001d237229a3a69819f.webp?v=1765124358","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/of-gods-strangers-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}