{"product_id":"landlock-x-poems-paperback","title":"Landlock X: Poems Volume 30 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Audsley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Finalist in the 2023 \u003ci\u003eBig Other\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sarah Audsley's debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eLandlock X\u003c\/i\u003e, joins a growing body of adoptee poetics. By examining the consequences of the international transracial adoptee experience--her own--Audsley's collection finds more questions than solid answers. Employing a variety of poetic forms, co-opting the pastoral tradition to argue for belonging to the rural landscape--despite the inheritance of displacement and removal from a country of origin--\u003ci\u003eLandlock X\u003c\/i\u003e tries to solve for all of the (adoptee's) variables and knows it is an impossible task that the \"I\", \"you\", and \"we\" of the poems only approximate. \u003cbr\u003e ... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003e\"The Black Cows in the Foreground\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e it is unknown \u003cbr\u003e where the bones \u003cbr\u003e of your mother \u003cbr\u003e turned to fragments \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e none in the painting \u003cbr\u003e of the black cows \u003cbr\u003e so where to grieve \u003cbr\u003e her body \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e no parcel of land \u003cbr\u003e to plant sorrow \u003cbr\u003e in furrowed rows \u003cbr\u003e the black cows graze\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSARAH AUDSLEY, a Korean American adoptee raised in rural Vermont, has received support from The Rona Jaffe Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Banff Centre's Writing Studio, and a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council. Her work appears in \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFour Way Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTupelo Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and a member of The Starlings Collective, she lives and works in Johnson, VT.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8.82 x 6.77 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42171825979527,"sku":"9781680033052","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/98c10f112e9f73fe6e95661a0506aadc.webp?v=1733358432","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/landlock-x-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}