{"product_id":"dear-memory-letters-on-writing-silence-and-grief-paperback","title":"Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Chang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Groundbreaking . . . Chang's lyrical experiment memorably evokes an individual family's time capsule and an artist's timeless yearning to shape carbon dust into incandescent gem.\" --NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, from the poet who \"resurrects mediums\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e), a collection of literary letters and mementos on the art of remembering across generations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Victoria Chang, memory \"isn't something that blooms, but something that bleeds internally.\" It is willed, summoned, and dragged to the surface. The remembrances in this collection of letters are founded in the fragments of stories her mother shared reluctantly and in the silences of her father. They are whittled and sculpted from an archive of family relics: a marriage license, a letter, a visa petition, a photograph. And, just as often, they are built on questions that can no longer be answered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDear Memory\u003c\/em\u003e is not a transcription but a process of shaping and being shaped, knowing that when a writer dips their pen into history, what emerges is poetry. In letters to family, past teachers, fellow poets, and to the imagination itself, Victoria Chang offers a model for what it looks like to find ourselves in our histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria Chang\u003c\/b\u003e's most recent book of poems, \u003ci\u003eWith My Back to the World\u003c\/i\u003e, received the Forward Prize in Poetry for Best Collection and was named a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award. \u003ci\u003eObit\u003c\/i\u003e received the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the PEN\/Voelcker Award; it was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Prize and the Griffin Poetry Prize and was longlisted for the National Book Award. Other recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Trees Witness Everything\u003c\/i\u003e and several children's books. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Chowdhury Prize in Literature, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She is the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech and the Director of Poetry@Tech.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45427901235302,"sku":"9781571311887","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/LUNcH-tKbA9781571311887.webp?v=1775688588","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/dear-memory-letters-on-writing-silence-and-grief-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}