{"product_id":"book-launch-to-the-tune-by-lee-jeong-koh","title":"Book Launch | To the Tune by Jee Leong Koh","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003ePre-purchase your copy of the featured title to guarantee your signed copy! This helps ensure that everyone who wants a book goes home with one, in case we sell out at the event. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTo the Tune\u003c\/em\u003e, Jee Leong Koh asks Du Fu how poetry can take to the barricades, discovering bracing answers from ordinary citizens, media workers, political organizers, and protest songwriters.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eKoh’s new book juxtaposes a series of searching epistolary poems and a collection of poem-songs that forcibly and tentatively lurch into existence, take on misguided titles, and beg for music to set them chanting and marching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJee Leong Koh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSTEEP TEA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Carcanet), named a Best Book of the Year by UK's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand a Finalist by Lambda Literary in the USA. His hybrid work of fiction, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSNOW AT 5 PM: TRANSLATIONS OF AN INSIGNIFICANT JAPANESE POET\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, won the Singapore Literature Prize in English fiction. Originally from Singapore, Koh lives in New York City, where he heads the literary non-profit Singapore Unbound. He is also the Poetry Editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eEvergreen Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIN CONVERSATION WITH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerrold Yam\u003c\/b\u003e is a corporate lawyer and the author of three collections, most recently \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntruder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Ethos Books). His poems have appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHayden’s Ferry Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cem\u003eWashington Square Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In 2024, he won the Cheltenham Poetry Prize and was a 2024 Writer-in-Residence at the UK’s National Centre for Writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrad Vogel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is author of the poetry collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFIND ME IN THE FERAL POCKETS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBROAD MEADOW BIRD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. His poetry has been set to music by multiple composers. Brad founded \u0026amp; coordinates NYC Poets Afloat, an annual residency \u0026amp; reading series aboard ships in New York Harbor, as well as the annual Gowanus Dawn Reading, part of the Brooklyn Book Festival (10th annual performance on September 25th!). He leads programs at Brooklyn Museum, NYU, \u0026amp; Center for Fiction. Brad also serves on the Walt Whitman Initiative board and as the Director of Special Projects at Judgy Baby, a new creative hub in Gowanus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","offers":[{"title":"Book with Ticket","offer_id":52117587525861,"sku":"Jee Leong Koh Event 9.10.26","price":27.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Free RSVP","offer_id":52117587558629,"sku":"Jee Leong Koh Event 9.10.26","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/2581\/1941\/files\/09.10.26LeeJeongKoh_23319e12-c535-420a-866b-dd5f5d6faa32.png?v=1787083470","url":"https:\/\/yuandmebooks.com\/products\/book-launch-to-the-tune-by-lee-jeong-koh","provider":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}