{"product_id":"rough-and-savage-paperback","title":"Rough, and Savage - 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\u003eSun Yung Shin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[These] accumulated poems [are] a smoldering tragedy, a heady descent, songs from a pit where what glints may be gems or the moon off snake scales.\"--Douglas Kearney\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSun Yung Shin's poems animate the elements of the epic poem and Korean history across a dystopian dreamscape of fairy tale and folklore. Filled with pithy observations and striking lyrics, this collection explores alienation, moral isolation, and nationhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSun Yung Shin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSkirt Full of Black\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2008 Asian American Literary Award for poetry, and the children's book \u003ci\u003eCooper's Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eOutsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption\u003c\/i\u003e. Raised in Chicago, Illinois, Shin currently lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota, and frequently returns to Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSun Yung Shin is the author of \u003ci\u003eSkirt Full of Black\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Asian American Literary Award for Poetry in 2008. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eOutsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of bilingual Korean\/English illustrated book for children \u003ci\u003eCooper's Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e. Sun Yung has received artist grants and fellowships from the Archibald Bush Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, the Jerome Foundation, Bladdock Nature Sanctuary, and the Loft Literary Center. She has taught writing at the University of Minnesota, the College of St. Catherine, the Loft Literary Center, Intermedia Arts, and elsewhere in the community. Her website can be found at www.sunyungshin.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 28, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47581942710493,"sku":"9781566893145","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/sE9py_Eb-I9781566893145.webp?v=1773566567","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/rough-and-savage-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}