{"product_id":"9781885030498","title":"Water Chasing Water: New and Selected Poetry By Koon Woon","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescribed by Bob Holman as \"Li Po in drag, the voice of New America,\" Koon Woon exploded onto the poetry scene in the late 1990s. Largely self-taught, and struggling with both mental illness and homelessness, Seattle-based Woon wrote about the back alleys and tenement rooms on the margins of immigrant culture. His first collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Truth in Rented Rooms \u003c\/i\u003e(included in this volume), won a PEN poetry prize and earned praise from Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Garrison Keillor. \u003ci\u003eWater Chasing Water\u003c\/i\u003e is Woon's second collection, and continues his exploration of loneliness and memory with poems and essays that seek out \"This light \/ Without which existence is not detectable.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kaya Production","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057685872880,"sku":"9781885030498","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781885030498_p0.jpg?v=1763605536","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781885030498","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}