{"product_id":"hardly-war-paperback","title":"Hardly War - 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\u003eDon Mee Choi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eHardly War\u003c\/i\u003e, Don Mee Choi's major second collection, defies history, national identity, and militarism. Using artifacts from Choi's father, a professional photographer during the Korean and Vietnam wars, she combines memoir, image, and opera to explore her paternal relationship and heritage. Here poetry and geopolitics are inseparable twin sisters, conjoined to the belly of a warring empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike fried potato chips - I believe so, \u003cbr\u003eutterly so - The hush-hush proving\u003cbr\u003eground was utterly proven as history -\u003cbr\u003eHardly=History - I believe so, eerily so\u003cbr\u003e - hush hush - Now watch this\u003cbr\u003eperformance - Bull's-eye - An uncanny\u003cbr\u003e human understanding on target -\u003cbr\u003eAbsolute=History - loaded with\u003cbr\u003eterrifying meaning - The Air Force\u003cbr\u003edoesn't say, hence Ugly=Narration - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon Mee Choi \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Morning News Is Exciting \u003c\/i\u003e(Action Books, 2010), and translator of contemporary Korean women poets. She has received a Whiting Writers Award and the 2012 Lucien Stryk Translation Prize. Her translation of Kim Hyesoon's \u003ci\u003eSorrowtoothpaste Mirrorcream \u003c\/i\u003e(Action Books, 2014) was a finalist for the 2015 PEN Poetry in Translation Award. She was born in Seoul and came to the United States via Hong Kong. She now lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Seoul, South Korea, \u003cstrong\u003eDon Mee Choi\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eHardly War\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Morning News Is Exciting\u003c\/em\u003e, and several chapbooks and pamphlets of poems and essays. She has received a Whiting Award, Lannan Literary Fellowship, Lucien Stryk Translation Prize, and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship. She has translated several collections of Kim Hyesoon's poetry, including \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of Death\u003c\/em\u003e, which received the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47192929927417,"sku":"9798891060449","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/HnfxMo2ZXY9798891060449.webp?v=1767902460","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/hardly-war-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}