{"product_id":"sky-country-9781942683438","title":"Sky Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristine Kitano's second poetry collection elicits a sense of hunger—an intense longing for home and an ache for human connection. Channeling both real and imagined immigration experiences of her own family—her grandmothers, who fled Korea and Japan; and her father, a Japanese American who was incarcerated during WWII—Kitano's ambitious poetry speaks for those who have been historically silenced and displaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Kitano\u003c\/b\u003e's first collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eBirds of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Lynx House Press. She lives in Ithaca, NY, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing, poetry, and Asian American literature at Ithaca College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Using family history as a springboard, Kitano illuminates aspects of the immigrant experience and speaks for the silenced and displaced.”   —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents  A Leaving … 1  I Sky Country … 3  II Gaman … 11 February, 1943 … 12 Equinox … 13 I Will Explain Hope … 14 Fireflies … 15 About the Trees … 16  III Leaving California … 19 Before the Divorce, a Dry Thunderstorm … 20 Ancestors … 21 Lucky Come Hawai`i … 22 Summer: Insomniac Stages Her Love … 23 Monologue of the Dental Assistant … 24 Insomniac in Winter … 26 Monologue of the Fat Girl … 27 Insomniac in Spring … 29 Choose Your Own Adventure: Go South … 30 Insomniac in Fall … 31 Worship … 32 Insomniac Starts an Exercise Routine … 33  IV Years Later, Washing Dishes, A Vision … 35 The Night Before Your 28th Birthday … 36 Roofing … 37 Bring in the Flowers Before the Santa Anas … 38 Autobiography of the Poet at Sixteen … 39 A Story With No Moral … 41 Friday Night Affair … 46  V 1942: In Response to Executive Order 9066 … 48 Grandmother Tells Me a Story: Passing the Lake, Korea, 1952 … 49 Chicken Soup … 50 Persimmons … 52 Earthquake Drills … 53 For the Korean Grandmother on Sunset Boulevard … 54","brand":"BOA Editions, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360282902871,"sku":"9781942683438","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781942683438.jpg?v=1754127217","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sky-country-9781942683438","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}