{"product_id":"fablemaker-poems-paperback","title":"Fablemaker: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMandy Moe Pwint Tu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A blazing display of bravura and bravado . . . each of [Tu's] utterances [is] a lesson in runic risk.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" -ko ko thett, poet and translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected by Ng Yi-Sheng as the winner of the 2024 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn out of a myriad of griefs in the wake of Myanmar's violent return to military rule, \u003cem\u003eFablemaker\u003c\/em\u003e alchemizes the pains of a fractured life into heart song. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn February 1, 2021, Myanmar's military staged a coup d'etat, imprisoning the country's democratically elected leaders and declaring a state of emergency. In response, the people of Myanmar sustained ongoing protest acts in full defiance the military. Mandy Moe Pwint Tu's debut, \u003cem\u003eFablemaker\u003c\/em\u003e, written during the Spring Revolution, weaves together a troubled familial history and a national reckoning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection follows the speaker as she contends with her father's untimely death, her country's crisis, and her de facto exile to the United States. Wrought with tenderness, the poems bear witness to loss, rage, grief, and love-and the fables she created to survive it all. Through Burmese folklore, formal invention, and addresses to a \"dear fellow fablemaker,\" Tu strives to imagine a self and a world that, after their devastation, recover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 122\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154163793983,"sku":"9781958652183","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3aVwcuSuhV9781958652183.webp?v=1776954322","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/fablemaker-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}