{"product_id":"9780982822715","title":"Love Poem to Ginger and Other Poems: Poetry and Paintings","description":"An alluring gem of a chapbook, \"Love Poem to Ginger \u0026amp; Other Poems: poetry \u0026amp; paintings\" follows Mong-Lan's much-lauded \"Love Poem to Tofu \u0026amp; Other Poems.\" An absolute treasure tapestry of poems and paintings, this pocket-sized edition calls joy by its true name and makes pleasure an art. \"Mong-Lan's poems are fresh and real as a street, full of the seriousness of pleasure. She has the same sense of joy that Kenneth Koch loved in the courage to sing, happiness of St.-John Perse. The courage of Frank O'Hara who said that the smallest idea in one's own head was better than an old idea in some other brain. . . . The Chinese speak of the three perfections: poetry, painting and calligraphy. But Mong-Lan speaks of the great imperfections that are better for being so. Her poems are full of the bright primaries of her brushstrokes. . . . I praise these poems of praise which collapse distance and makes us feel, as O'Hara seemed to say, poetry is just a telephone call away.\"-David Shapiro","brand":"Valiant Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013759058160,"sku":"9780982822715","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780982822715_p0.jpg?v=1763892532","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982822715","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}