{"product_id":"book-launch-bone-symphony-by-michelle-phương-hồ","title":"Book Launch | Bone Symphony by Michelle Phương Hồ","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003ePre-purchase your copy of the featured title to guarantee your signed copy! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Phương Hồ’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBone Symphony\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emines the wreckage of colonialism and imperialist warfare in Vietnam and attempts to reassemble the bones.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eold in three movements spanning lyric, documentary, and hybrid forms, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBone Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e uncovers a world turned upside-down by war: evil is good, saviors are toddlers, children die before their mothers, and civil servants—like the poet’s grandfather—become enemies of the state. The detritus of a shattered nation, family, and psyche serve as building blocks Hồ rearranges with playful irreverence, giving rise to healing poetic turns. One can surrender not just to military powers, but to love. The prison cell where a dissident is held transforms into the womb of God. In a world where no symbol is stable, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBone Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reorients us toward curiosity, kinship, and the kind of mercy that sets free those held captive within our imaginations: “Every face \/ I’ve ever held \/ hostage,” the poet beholds, “is beginning to bleed.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Phương Hồ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBone Symphony \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Boa Editions, 2026), chosen by Aracelis Girmay as a Blessing the Boats Selection. Her work appears in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNat Brut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Offing, POETRY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoetry Northwest, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand elsewhere. Her honors include a Friends of Literature Award from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePOETRY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea Connecticut Artistic Excellence Award,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea BRINK Literary Journal Award for Hybrid Writing, and fellowships from the Asian Cultural Council, the I-Park Foundation, and Vermont Studio Center. She received her MFA in poetry from NYU. Born to Vietnamese refugees in San Jose, CA, she lives in New Haven, CT, where she teaches poetry in university classrooms, community book spaces, and living rooms.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIN CONVERSATION WITH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonica Sok \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Nail the Evening Hangs On\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2020)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eYear Zero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, winner of a 2015 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship. She has received support from the Anderson Center, Art Omi, Hedgebrook, Kundiman, MacDowell, National Endowment for the Arts, Storyknife, and the Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing at NYU and recently graduated from an acting program at the William Esper Studio. Her latest poems have appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Believer Magazine, Best American Poetry, Michigan Quarterly Review, New England Review, POETRY, The Paris Review,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand others. She has taught poetry at Barnard College, Stanford University, and the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants. She is based in New York City. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","offers":[{"title":"Book w\/Ticket","offer_id":52792275370213,"sku":"Michelle Phương Hồ Event 10.22.26","price":20.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"FREE RSVP","offer_id":52792275402981,"sku":"Michelle Phương Hồ Event 10.22.26","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/2581\/1941\/files\/10.22.26MichellePh_ngH.png?v=1788908130","url":"https:\/\/yuandmebooks.com\/products\/book-launch-bone-symphony-by-michelle-ph%c6%b0%c6%a1ng-h%e1%bb%93","provider":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}