{"product_id":"salvage-paperback-13","title":"Salvage - 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\u003eHedgie Choi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart blasphemous prayer, part stand-up comedy, wholly unique, this breathtaking collection is by turns devastating, funny, and startling. \"Some things happened to me in my formative years that I don't want to tell you about,\" writes Hedgie Choi, \"but some things happened to you too.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether the site of exploration is \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e, Leonard Cohen, roadkill, or etymology, sublime bewilderment rubs shoulders with half-buried humiliations and accidental salvations. The voice in these poems tenderly and tenaciously inquires into how to survive--not how to survive violence but how to survive surviving. Choi is the rare poet who can elicit laughter, sober reflection, and wry bemusement all within the space of a few lines--or sometimes only one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a collection that you can read through in a single sitting, then return to again and again. \"I'm half teenage girls \/ and half grown men,\" she writes--to which we can only wonder, aren't we all?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHedgie Choi is the translator of \u003ci\u003ePillar of Books\u003c\/i\u003e by Moon Bo Young and the cotranslator of \u003ci\u003eHysteria \u003c\/i\u003eby Kim Yideum, which won the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize and the National Translation Award. Her poetry can be found in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Her fiction can be found in \u003ci\u003eNOON\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hopkins Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353647300857,"sku":"9780299351847","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MY3wMqXIyp9780299351847_26efc949-33e1-4505-b239-d906db8157e0.webp?v=1769825568","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/salvage-paperback-13","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}