{"product_id":"i-cut-my-tongue-on-a-broken-country-paperback","title":"I Cut My Tongue on a Broken Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyo Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA debut poetry collection about reconciling with oneself and learning to love, through a youthful, queer diasporic Korean lens\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLotus flowers, youthful hunger, and other temporary beauties intertwine to tell this coming-of-age story, a set of pulsating poems that move toward a distant memory or a flaming future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKyo Lee's intimate debut poetry collection is simultaneously a vulnerable confession and a micro study of macro topics including lineage, family, war, and hope. \u003cem\u003ei cut my tongue on a broken country\u003c\/em\u003e explores the Asian American diaspora, queerness, girlhood, and the relationships between and within them, pushing and pulling on the boundaries of identity and language like a story trying to tell itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ei cut my tongue on a broken country\u003c\/em\u003e documents a search for love. It's a eulogy for the things we gave up to get here. It's an ode to tenderness. It blossoms and bleeds in your hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKyo Lee \u003c\/strong\u003eis a queer Korean Canadian high school student living in Waterloo, Ontario. She is the youngest winner of the CBC Poetry Prize and the youngest finalist for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award. Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003ePRISM International\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNimrod\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Forge Literary Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThis Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. She loves summer storms and sweet peaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43508196507783,"sku":"9781551529776","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/IkD0DU4m39781551529776.webp?v=1763934910","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/i-cut-my-tongue-on-a-broken-country-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}