{"product_id":"school-figures-paperback","title":"School Figures - 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\u003eCathy Song\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn choosing Cathy Song's first book for the Yale Series of Younger Poets, Richard Hugo said that her poems are \"bouquets to those moments in life that seemed minor but in retrospect count the most.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this, Song's third book, the poems are like the school figures an ice skater etches onto the ice - the pen moving silently and deliberately across a white expanse of paper and experience, bringing maximum pressure to bear upon the blade of language to unlock \"the invisible fire beneath the ice.\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSong sees the fractured world of immigrant Asians with compassionate yet cool eyes. These sensual, calm poems are themselves the fruit of East-to-West transplanting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCathy Song\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous books of poetry: \u003ci\u003ePicture Bride, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize; \u003ci\u003eFrameless Windows, Squares of Light; School Figures;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Bliss.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.94 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354201899257,"sku":"9780822955177","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/A7qbmbEkSP9780822955177.webp?v=1769833074","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/school-figures-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}