{"product_id":"becoming-ghost-poetry-paperback","title":"Becoming Ghost: Poetry - 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\u003eCathy Linh Che\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2025 National Book Award Finalist Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Finalist 2026 APALA Literature Awards - Asian American Poetry Winner Ms. Magazine's Best Poetry of 2024 and 2025 Electric Literature's Best Poetry Collections, 2025 NPR's Books We Love 2025 2026 ALA RUSA Notable Poetry List The long-awaited sophomore poetry collection by award-winning writer Cathy Linh Che, on familial estrangement, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now.The follow-up to her acclaimed poetry debut Split, Becoming Ghost 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 Apocalypse Now, 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\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy Linh Che is a Vietnamese American writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSplit\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies, \u003ci\u003eAn Asian American A to Z\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: A Children's Guide to Our History\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBecoming Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's \u003c\/i\u003eand she has received awards from MacDowell, Bread Loaf, Tin House, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. She currently lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53577846915379,"sku":"9781668088920","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-ghost-poetry-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}