{"product_id":"unbearable-splendor-paperback","title":"Unbearable Splendor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSun Yung Shin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the \u003ci\u003eBeliever \u003c\/i\u003ePoetry Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[her] work reads like redactions, offering fragments to be explored, investigated and interrogated, making her reader equal partner in the creation of meaning.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSun Yung Shin moves ideas--of identity (Korean, American, adoptee, mother, Catholic, Buddhist) and interest (mythology, science fiction, Sophocles)-- around like building blocks, forming and reforming new constructions of what it means to be at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is a cyborg but a hybrid creature of excess? A thing that exceeds the sum of its parts. A thing that has extended its powers, enhanced, even superpowered.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSun Yung Shin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of poetry collections \u003ci\u003eRough, and Savage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSkirt Full of Black\u003c\/i\u003e, which won an Asian American Literary Award. She co-edited the anthology \u003ci\u003eOutsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eCooper's Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e, a bilingual Korean\/English illustrated book for children. She's received grants and fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bush Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, and elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis.\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 0.4 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701285490751,"sku":"9781566894517","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/614929ee5bea84bfac96b6fce40ec4d6.webp?v=1765020057","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/unbearable-splendor-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}