{"product_id":"gone-to-gold-mountain-paperback","title":"Gone To Gold Mountain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Ludwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLana Hechtman Ayers\u003c\/b\u003e (Selected by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eGone to Gold Mountain, \u003c\/em\u003epoet Peter Ludwin brings to life the little-known story of Chea Po and his fellow Chinese gold miners, massacred in 1887 by Eastern Oregon pioneers. Ludwin embodies Chea Po and his experiences of breathtaking racism, homesickness, and dislocation. He imbues these persona poems, letters, and laments with the finely-drawn landscapes of Hells Canyon and China, glowing lanterns, and an eagle circling the canyon rim. Chea Po seems to have haunted Ludwin until finally, here, his life and death are told justly. We are the richer for it.\"--Kathleen Flenniken\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Peter Ludwin is a writer who knows there are poems no one asks for, but everyone needs--so he sets out to write them. In this book, he travels to a place of massacre, then enhances the story of trauma with longing, devotion, hope, and the unfurling tendril of life that reaches generations beyond a tragedy. The poems speak as letters, news items, memories, secret notes of lover to lost soul. Ludwin's lens of imagination pierces a hidden past at a remote place, and his lyric archive invents what might otherwise be forgotten, what he calls 'the speckled rhythms' of change. Read this book for insight into a hidden chapter of international history, and to break a code of silence across cultures. You will recognize more poems need rich research, and history needs to sing.\"--Kim Stafford author of \u003cem\u003eEarly Morning: Remembering My Father, William Stafford\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: A Memoir, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMuses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer's Craft\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Ludwin's haunting poems resurrect an era of vehement anti-Chinese sentiment and the U.S. by focusing on the Hells Canyon massacre in 1887--a segment of U.S. history conveniently omitted from the textbooks. To a great extent, the work's strength lies in its understated eloquence, riveting imagery, and frequent use of persona poems in different voices. With great insight, skill and compassion, Ludwin has produced a fine collection that succeeds in fleshing out this nightmare episode from our past.\"--Diana Anhalt, author of \u003cem\u003ebecause there is no return.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521656373469,"sku":"9781936657247","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/qdvnIVpIj69781936657247.webp?v=1772264139","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/gone-to-gold-mountain-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}