Blueprints |
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Author:
| Fu, Jeanelle |
ISBN: | 979-8-4013-5910-0 |
Publication Date: | May 2022 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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"BLUEPRINTS" is the debut poetry collection by Taiwanese-American author Jeanelle Fu. Cover art by Dianuh Aerin Gundersen. In this narrative she finds language for her homeland, the songs of our parents. It is a recollection of grief, and how a people emerge from mourning one day, one breath at a time. As much as these poems honor the author's heritage, they are also an invitation into crossing bridges: to celebrate and fight for the tribes adjacent, surrounding us all along. Through...
More Description"BLUEPRINTS" is the debut poetry collection by Taiwanese-American author Jeanelle Fu. Cover art by Dianuh Aerin Gundersen. In this narrative she finds language for her homeland, the songs of our parents. It is a recollection of grief, and how a people emerge from mourning one day, one breath at a time. As much as these poems honor the author's heritage, they are also an invitation into crossing bridges: to celebrate and fight for the tribes adjacent, surrounding us all along. Through endless cups of shay in the Middle East, conversations in suhoor, the dancing on secluded rooftops: Grief is a storm we weather together. In these unprecedented times, we must hold one another's hands as we wade across rivers of injustice and violence.