{"product_id":"magnetic-refrain-9781885030061","title":"Magnetic Refrain","description":"Adopted from Korea at the age of two, Nicky Sa-eun Schildkraut grew up in New England, a circumstance that inevitably prompted an early fascination with the diaspora that followed the Korean civil war. She observes that, accordingly, \"many of my poems repeat and return to the themes of inarticulable loss, separation, and reimagination of the family and kinship.\" As the title of this debut collection suggests, Schildkraut locates these themes in a formal expression oriented between refrain as \u003ci\u003esong\u003c\/i\u003e and refrain as \u003ci\u003erestraint\u003c\/i\u003e--\"a nuanced method of expressing the equivocal and uncertain\" that produces a tense flexibility in the look and feel of her poems. Schildkraut's provocative and intensely lyrical poems seek to both unsettle and complicate presumptions about what binds people together in times of longing and loss. They do not draw solely on personal experience, but also tell the larger tale of the Korean diaspora--particularly the experiences of its women--in stories of war brides, defectors, birth mothers and other adoptees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6950054\"\u003eNicky Sa-Eun Schildkraut\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaya Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885030061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1885030061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005060\"\u003eAmerican | Asian American \u0026amp; Pacific Islander\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kaya Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529864179949,"sku":"9781885030061","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1e5f2560-6ff1-4040-b2c1-2c7d596122aa.jpg?v=1701401333","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/magnetic-refrain-9781885030061","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}