{"product_id":"van-mdec","title":"Lưu Diệu Vân, M of December","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the universe merges into the self, Lưu Diệu Vân explores the self in the fragile context of the greater unknown. The urge to desire, to question, to comprehend, to throw off the imbalance of real and perceived observations, of public and private conversations, of exquisite beauty and potent logic, saturates this collection. \u003ci\u003eM of December\u003c\/i\u003e features all new poems, tracing the poet’s transition from an emotive youth to a formidable woman fighting for the freedom to make choices in her own universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n“above all \u003cbr\u003ethe paranoia needs to be borderline at the terminal stage \u003cbr\u003especulating skills harnessed to the extreme \u003cbr\u003ethe man’s in moribund solitude \u003cbr\u003eadrift in this establishment of woo-words \u003cbr\u003ethe girl has colored skin and dark hair but pale virtues \u003cbr\u003emasturbating with perfunctory mind-mining...”\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom '\u003c\/span\u003ebecoming a professional soliloquist'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Rich in theme, with a brave and lively selection of imagery, Vân excels at incisive observation – at times tragic, and more often than not, very funny.” —Jennifer Mackenzie\u003ci\u003e, Cordite Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/files\/Luu_Dieu_Van_2_Photo_by_Kim_Bao_Tran_copy_medium.jpg?1761147552595211228\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 5px;\"\u003eLưu Diệu Vân, born December 1979, is a poet, literary translator, and co-editor of the bilingual literary magazine damau.org. She received her Master’s Degree from the University of Massachusetts in 2009. Her bilingual poems, flash fictions, and translations have been published and appeared in numerous print literary journals and online magazines. Her publications include \u003ci\u003e47 Minutes After 7\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Transparent Greenness of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003ePoems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e of Lưu Diệu Vân, Lưu Mêlan, \u0026amp; Nhã Thuyên\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eLưu Diệu Vân, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eM of December\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2016. 66pp. ISBN 978-1-922181-42-8\u003cbr\u003eRelease date: March 2016\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"width:550px;height:350px\" src=\"https:\/\/online.anyflip.com\/wuapt\/yqyg\/index.html\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14400948996,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/LVD_front_cover.jpg?v=1455284988","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/fr\/products\/van-mdec","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}