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Found: Poems

Souvankham Thammavongsa

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A beautiful re-issued edition of poetry from the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of How To Pronounce Knife

FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

"In 1978, my parents lived in building #48. Nongkai, Thailand, a Lao refugee camp. My father kept a scrapbook filled with doodles, addresses, postage stamps, maps, measurements. He threw it out and when he did, I took it and found this."

Built out of doodles, diagrams, drawings this is a work characterized by the elegance and power of its bareness. These poems use blank spaces and small print. Their language is exquisitely precise in detail, and every letter, gesture, break, line, and shape becomes a place of real meaning. Here, the intention is to let us see, as well as to hold back much of what we see.

First published in 2007, this remarkable second collection was acclaimed for its originality and cemented Souvankham Thammavongsa's reputation as a poet with a rare, astonishing gift.

Pages: 72

Format: Paperback

Release: May 02, 2023

ISBN 13: 9780771004742

Found: Poems

Souvankham Thammavongsa

0/5 ( ratings)

A beautiful re-issued edition of poetry from the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of How To Pronounce Knife

FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

"In 1978, my parents lived in building #48. Nongkai, Thailand, a Lao refugee camp. My father kept a scrapbook filled with doodles, addresses, postage stamps, maps, measurements. He threw it out and when he did, I took it and found this."

Built out of doodles, diagrams, drawings this is a work characterized by the elegance and power of its bareness. These poems use blank spaces and small print. Their language is exquisitely precise in detail, and every letter, gesture, break, line, and shape becomes a place of real meaning. Here, the intention is to let us see, as well as to hold back much of what we see.

First published in 2007, this remarkable second collection was acclaimed for its originality and cemented Souvankham Thammavongsa's reputation as a poet with a rare, astonishing gift.

Pages: 72

Format: Paperback

Release: May 02, 2023

ISBN 13: 9780771004742

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