{"product_id":"archipelago-9781771668170","title":"Archipelago","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe islands of an archipelago are isolated above sea level but attached underwater; connected yet separate. \u003ci\u003earchipelago\u003c\/i\u003e, the debut poetry collection from Laila Malik, traces fragments of family, becoming and unbecoming against the shifting shorelines of loss, multigenerational migration, and (un)belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalik's lyrical poems intertwine histories of exile and ecological devastation. Beginning with a coming of age in the 80s and 90s between Canada, the Arabian Gulf, East Africa and Kashmir, they subvert conventions of lineage, instead drawing on the truths of inter-ethnic histories amidst sparse landscapes of deserts, oceans, and mountains. They question why the only certainties of \"home\" are urgency and impossibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its core, \u003ci\u003earchipelago\u003c\/i\u003e is a letter to the daughters who come before and after, a quiet disclosure of barbed ancestral legacies that only come into focus through poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771668170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86","brand":"Laila Malik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42745976881333,"sku":"9781771668170","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d27bcad5-af3d-4476-a082-ec7dfe1ee03e.jpg?v=1676995187","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/archipelago-9781771668170","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}