{"product_id":"hardly-war-9798891060449","title":"Hardly War","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eHardly War\u003c\/i\u003e, Don Mee Choi's major second collection, defies history, national identity, and militarism. Using artifacts from Choi's father, a professional photographer during the Korean and Vietnam wars, she combines memoir, image, and opera to explore her paternal relationship and heritage. Here poetry and geopolitics are inseparable twin sisters, conjoined to the belly of a warring empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike fried potato chips - I believe so, \u003cbr\u003eutterly so - The hush-hush proving\u003cbr\u003eground was utterly proven as history -\u003cbr\u003eHardly=History - I believe so, eerily so\u003cbr\u003e - hush hush - Now watch this\u003cbr\u003eperformance - Bull's-eye - An uncanny\u003cbr\u003e human understanding on target -\u003cbr\u003eAbsolute=History - loaded with\u003cbr\u003eterrifying meaning - The Air Force\u003cbr\u003edoesn't say, hence Ugly=Narration - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon Mee Choi \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Morning News Is Exciting \u003c\/i\u003e(Action Books, 2010), and translator of contemporary Korean women poets. She has received a Whiting Writers Award and the 2012 Lucien Stryk Translation Prize. Her translation of Kim Hyesoon's \u003ci\u003eSorrowtoothpaste Mirrorcream \u003c\/i\u003e(Action Books, 2014) was a finalist for the 2015 PEN Poetry in Translation Award. She was born in Seoul and came to the United States via Hong Kong. She now lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891060449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.80w x 0.30d","brand":"Don Mee Choi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45351340015797,"sku":"9798891060449","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4153610c-59e2-462a-9ef7-025ec247ca33.jpg?v=1746541101","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hardly-war-9798891060449","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}