The Trees Witness Everything by Chang, Victoria - 2022-04-26

pb. New. Brand New. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Copper Canyon Pr, 2022. Paperback. New. 125 pages. 9.00x4.00x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A lover of strict form, best-selling poet Victoria Chang turns to compact Japanese waka, powerfully innovating on tradition while continuing her pursuit of one of life's hardest questions: how to let go. In The Trees Witness Everything,

Paperback / softback. New.

Copper Canyon Pr, 2022. Paperback. New. 125 pages. 9.00x4.00x0.50 inches.

. Papeback. New.

New. Special order item direct from the distributor

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Port Townsend, WA:: Copper Canyon Press,, (2022). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in deep rose-colored printed wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. The fourth collection of poetry by this award winning writer, one which, like her earlier collection 'Obit', deals with grief and letting go. Mostly written as Japanese wakas, published in an uncommon format, tall and skinny, with two poems appearing on most pages. As one reviewer noted Chang is "a master at crafting collections around a central theme. . [in this, she] invokes W.S. Merwin throughout the collection, repurposing titles from his work as a catalyst for each of her poems. As she notes at the end of the collection, Chang would select a Merwin title as a writing prompt, then pair it with a randomly selected Japanese syllabic form. . . The end result is a remarkably unique and poignant collection of short poems that trade on the economy of language to deliver powerful reflections on the intersection… Read More