{"title":"Filipino Authors","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"pre-order-rooms-for-the-dead-and-the-not-yet-by-rhoni-blankenhorn","title":"Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet by Rhoni Blankenhorn","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWinner of the 2024 Trio Award, \u003cem\u003eRooms for the Dead and the Not Yet \u003c\/em\u003eexplores landscapes of grief, desire, and identity. How does memory collapse time? In what ways do mourning and longing echo each other? What violence persists beneath narrative and aesthetic surfaces, upholding systems of belief and power? This debut poetry collection revolves around imagination as an act of resilience and rebellion. Blankenhorn’s speaker communes with dead beloveds while buttering toast, petting dogs, kissing lovers, making art, holding hands with friends, and traversing cities and deserts. 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Winner of the Trio House Press Editor’s Choice Prize, Kim’s debut collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: aptos,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline!important; color: rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e evokes modes of language and culture that shape the contours of memory and expose the fault lines of family and self, as well as the grace and generosity of healing, acknowledgement, and commemoration. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: aptos,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; border: 1pt; padding: 0in; color: black;\"\u003eThe poems reflect on what we inherit and how who we become is intertwined with who our parents were and are, and the pain of facing that reality: “One day your voice will become mine,Ka leo o maua\/Though I am not prepared for your end…”  With this mele, Kim honors the memory of a lost mother, as well as the struggles of a daughter as she becomes a wife and mother herself, while honoring her roots and forging a new path.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSinging with the manifold tongues of the 'aina, Kalehua Kim gives us mana from the depths of her heart and of the heart of Hawai'i nei. 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This is an evocative collection I will be returning to often, opening up each valve of my heart like \" slices of sea cucumber strewn on the ocean floor,\/ waiting to multiply.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Jane Wong, author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Not be Afraid of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMeet Me Tonight in Atlantic City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Trio House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49355214750000,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2482\/3088\/files\/IMG_3563.jpg?v=1734541943"},{"product_id":"mele-e-book","title":"Mele E-book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis e-book is in e-pub format. You will receive an email after purchase, with a link to download the file. It will auto-load to Apple Books. 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