{"product_id":"american-radiance-paperback","title":"American Radiance - 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\u003eLuisa Muradyan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Radiance, \u003c\/em\u003e at turns funny, tragic, and haunting, reflects on the author's experience immigrating as a child to the United States from Ukraine in 1991.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What does it mean to be an American? Luisa Muradyan doesn't try to provide an answer. Instead, the poems in \u003cem\u003eAmerican Radiance\u003c\/em\u003e look for a home in history, folklore, misery, laughter, language, and Prince's outstretched hand. Colliding with the grand figures of late '80s and early '90s pop culture, Muradyan's imagination pushes the reader forward, confronting the painful loss of identity that assimilation brings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuisa Muradyan \u003c\/b\u003eis a PhD candidate in poetry at the University of Houston and editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poems have been published in \u003ci\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis-American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlackbird\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351191306489,"sku":"9781496207753","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TURIZ3plUllyaTJsNDUxQUxNNFZzZz09.webp?v=1769795587","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/american-radiance-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}