{"product_id":"9781938890079","title":"Grass Roots","description":"\u003cp\u003eXiang Yang's poetry stands as elegant testimony to the Taiwan experience. From start to finish, the collection is an articulation of Taiwan's identity imbued with salient cultural details.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe range and variety of his seven books of poetry include the development of a new formalism, narrative verse forms, and a strong engagement with Taiwanese dialect poetry. Since the publication of his cycle \u003ci\u003eThe Four Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) he has written little, publishing but a single collection titled \u003ci\u003eChaos\u003c\/i\u003e in 2005. In the intervening years, he has earned a PhD in journalism and moved from journalism to academia, devoting himself primarily to teaching. Apart from writing and his academic life, Xiang Yang is an established woodblock artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zephyr Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060865876208,"sku":"9781938890079","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938890079_p0.jpg?v=1763664665","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938890079","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}