{"product_id":"bxosbd-becoming-ghost-poetry-9781668088920","title":"Becoming Ghost: Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e2025 National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnisfield-Wolf Book Awards Finalist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e2026 APALA Literature Awards - Asian American Poetry Winner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e’s Best Poetry of 2024 and 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e’s Best Poetry Collections, 2025\u003cbr\u003eNPR’s Books We Love 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e2026 ALA RUSA Notable Poetry List\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe long-awaited sophomore poetry collection by award-winning writer Cathy Linh Che, on familial estrangement, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eApocalypse Now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe follow-up to her acclaimed poetry debut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSplit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBecoming Ghost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e documents Cathy Linh Che’s parents’ experiences as refugees who escaped the Vietnam War and then were cast as extras in Francis Ford Coppola’s film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, placing them at the margins of their own story. The poetry collection uses persona, speculation, and the golden shovel form as a means of moving Vietnamese voices from the periphery to the center. The speaker’s disownment raises questions about the challenges of using parents as poetic subjects, telling familial stories to a broader public, and the meaning of forgiveness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43601391026382,"sku":"9781668088920","price":39.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781668088920_A.png?v=1784188859","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxosbd-becoming-ghost-poetry-9781668088920","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}