{"product_id":"perennial-counterpart-9781643623108","title":"Perennial Counterpart","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yongyu Chen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Nightboat Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Nightboat Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - Asian American \u0026amp; Pacific Islander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of Literary Hub's \"Most Anticipated Books of 2026\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetic study in magical modes of connection over distance--how both friendship and reading are similar ways of being together while being alone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten over several years of solitude, study, and transformation, the poems in \u003ci\u003ePerennial Counterpart\u003c\/i\u003e trace an evolving, self-questioning practice of thinking-in-poetry where long, reflective lines--evoking both prose and photography--brush against elliptical, fractured modes of film and literary criticism. Anchored by the author's obsessive reading life, this is a book where lyric inquiry becomes its own form of company. Here, the poem is written to remake its writer through glittering connections to a personal lineage of thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883546427543,"sku":"9781643623108","price":1258.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781643623108.webp?v=1781102491","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/perennial-counterpart-9781643623108","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}