{"product_id":"9781802060072-all-the-flowers-kneeling","title":"All the Flowers Kneeling","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gorgeous . intense . shimmering . [an] unforgettable collection' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful, sensuous and plural . a vital and visceral collection. Breathtaking' \u003c\/b\u003eJoelle Taylor, author of \u003ci\u003eC+nto \u0026amp; Othered Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brave . this striking collection . articulates the unspeakable from various angles . often nightmarish and dark, there are moments of shimmering release . an auspicious debut'\u003c\/b\u003e Seán Hewitt, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] powerful debut . marshals narrative lyrics and stark beauty' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esearingly honest, beautifully told depictions of survival and self-love' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A testament to queer self-love . a monument to [what] persists' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ethem.us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A true masterwork . an exquisitely crafted labyrinth of a book' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book about survival.\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisceral and astonishing, Paul Tran's debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eAll the Flowers Kneeling\u003c\/i\u003e, charts the rebuilding of a self in the wake of extremity. How, it asks, can we reimagine what we have been given in order to make something new: an identity, a family, a life, a dream?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese rich, resonant poems of desire, freedom, control and rebirth reach back into the past - the tale of Scheherazade, US imperial violence, a shattering history of personal abuse - to show how it both scars and transforms. Innovative poetic forms mirror the nonlinear experiences of trauma survivors, while ambitious sequences probe our systems of knowledge-making and the power of storytelling as survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once virtuosic and vulnerable, confessional and profoundly defiant, \u003ci\u003eAll the Flowers Kneeling\u003c\/i\u003e revels in rediscovering and reconfiguring the self, and ultimately becomes an essential testament to the human capacities for resilience, endurance and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540110188641,"sku":"9781802060072","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32357718.jpg?v=1737194138","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781802060072-all-the-flowers-kneeling","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}