{"product_id":"an-authentic-life","title":"An Authentic Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2025 Pulitzer Prize Finalist\u003cbr\u003e2024 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Authentic Life\u003c\/em\u003e is an exacting and fearless interrogation of the education one receives from the institutions of academia and family. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSprawling yet urgent, meditative yet lucid, the poems in Jennifer Chang's anticipated third collection, \u003cem\u003eAn Authentic Life\u003c\/em\u003e, offer a bold examination of a world deeply influenced by war and patriarchy. In dialogues against literature, against philosophy, and against God, Chang interrogates the \"fathers\" who stand at the center of history. Poems navigate wounds opened by explorations of family and generational trauma, and draw on the author's experiences as a mother, as the daughter of immigrants, and as a citizen of our deeply divided nation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, the patriarchal violence of history becomes intimate, brought down to a domestic scale. A woman sweeping the floor cannot escape thoughts of war, or her dying mother, while another scene shows friends questioning the \"despite-ness\" of love. In poems where the lyric is reimagined as porous, discursive, and bursting open, Chang fearlessly confronts the forms of knowledge that hold power. Meticulous and masterful, \u003cem\u003eAn Authentic Life\u003c\/em\u003e creates a world where we can begin \"to unlearn everything.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1556596995\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781556596995\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Chang, Jennifer\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Oct 2024)","offer_id":46080257884357,"sku":"9781556596995","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781556596995.jpg?v=1776035708","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/an-authentic-life","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}