{"product_id":"sky-country","title":"Sky Country","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2018 Paterson Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristine Kitano's second poetry collection elicits a sense of hunger--an intense longing for home and an ache for human connection. Channeling both real and imagined immigration experiences of her own family--her grandmothers, who fled Korea and Japan; and her father, a Japanese American who was incarcerated during WWII--Kitano's ambitious poetry speaks for those who have been historically silenced and displaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Kitano\u003c\/b\u003e's first collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eBirds of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Lynx House Press. She lives in Ithaca, NY, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing, poetry, and Asian American literature at Ithaca College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52007941308696,"sku":"9781942683438","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/3649\/8456\/files\/imageloader_5c61019e-846d-4fde-9662-222651d4739d.jpg?v=1777391830","url":"https:\/\/www.stopandreadbooks.com\/products\/sky-country","provider":"Stop \u0026 Read Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}