{"product_id":"the-french-army-and-politics-1870-1970-book-hornealistair-9780911745153","title":"The French Army and Politics: 1870-1970","description":"\u003cp\u003eSu negotiates the mercurial new world of cultural commingling in witty, formally assured poems--often in elegantly accomplished forms which themselves add to the layering of cultural reference.--Mark Doty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the shadow of the devastating events of 9\/11, these beautifully crafted narrative poems reveal heartfelt insights into the emotional life of a contemporary woman in her late thirties--balancing marriage, motherhood, and career--as well as contemplating her experience as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, for whom ambition is a lower priority than survival. While many of these poems are about being a mother (With Children), \u003ci\u003eSanctuary\u003c\/i\u003e is also about being the child of a mother (Escape from the Old Country). In measured lines that are often humorous (Asian Driver: The Sestina), Su explores the risks that an individual can and can't take as a member of any community: a neighborhood, a family, a racial group, a gender, a parent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrienne Su\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1967 and raised in Atlanta. She received her AB from Harvard and an MFA from the University of Virginia. Her essays have been published in \u003ci\u003eSaveur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeard House\u003c\/i\u003e. Her awards include a Pushcart Prize, as well as residencies at Yaddo and The MacDowell Colony. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsian American Poetry: The Next Generation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoetry 30: Thirtysomething American Thirtysomething Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. Su teaches at Dickinson College. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eMiddle Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e (Alice James Books, 1997).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49580459360529,"sku":"GOR013566422","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51722059383057,"sku":"CIN0911745157VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52085341421841,"sku":"GOR014483928","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52106023764241,"sku":"CIN0911745157G","price":6.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52836715397393,"sku":"GOR014635462","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0911745157.jpg?v=1750980918","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/the-french-army-and-politics-1870-1970-book-hornealistair-9780911745153","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}