{"product_id":"lion-poems-9781324124177","title":"Lion: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLion\u003c\/em\u003e, Tina Chang mines personal and collective memory to explore safety and danger, visibility and invisibility as an Asian American woman. Throughout the collection, Chang responds to multi-hyphenate women artists, including Haena Yoo, H?ng- n Truong, Astria Suparak, and a collective whose work paid tribute to the life of Christina Yuna Lee, a young woman who was killed during the height of anti-Asian hate crimes. Responding to art across various media--text, illustration, painting, video, and sculpture--\u003cem\u003eLion\u003c\/em\u003e sparks cross-disciplinary dialogue on Asian American perspectives, surveillance, and the myth of the model minority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the aftermath of the pandemic is examined, so too are the structures of bias, racism, and violence that continue. The collection's title explores the word's cultural history, composite Chinese iconography, and lion-centered explorations of strength and mastery. \u003cem\u003eLion\u003c\/em\u003e traverses the closeness and distance between the racialized self the world views and the perceived self who endures and survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"Text: \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was music when the lion walked into my home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI thought I felt it lick my palm. I bent low to the ground, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto watch it craving though I was starving too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tongue touches a valley inside the mouth, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eonly wounding can reach. The body of a gazelle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eruns wildly inside my knotted heart. The beast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estruggles within, bones lit with grief, a rush\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof pursuit, sings me into the skin of the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324124177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152","brand":"Tina Chang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53241133367477,"sku":"9781324124177","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lion-poems-9781324124177","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}