{"product_id":"hsin-9781771315722","title":"Hsin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 J.M. ABRAHAM ATLANTIC POETRY AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNanci Lee's debut explores 4th Century Su Hui's palindrome of longing. Hsin arises from an ancient Chinese ethical philosophy, less a set of moral standards than an appeal to tune.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeart-mind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003enothingness\u003c\/i\u003e are fair English translations of \u003ci\u003eHsin\u003c\/i\u003e, but their tidiness risks losing some of the sharper, wider sides of absence and appetite. As a historical process, according to Hang Thaddeus T'ui-Chieh, \u003ci\u003eHsin\u003c\/i\u003e frustrates, \"the psychological fragmentation and compartmentalization of the West.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorn to a Syrian father and a Chinese mother, who gave her up for adoption, Lee explores her origins in a compendium of poem fragments where form embraces the process of its unfolding. These are Koan-like poems, resonant with tones at turns ageless and contemporary; \u003ci\u003eHsin\u003c\/i\u003e holds silence in ways that both claim and keep at bay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nanci Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278418096379,"sku":"9781771315722","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781771315722.jpg?v=1772486320","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/hsin-9781771315722","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}