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5064446Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet: Essays and Interviewshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/hot--sour--salty--sweet--essays-and-interviews-9781589883857/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4604870/image.jpg?v=638567709685900000205205MXNPaul Dry BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Seasoned with a dash of [Sus] meticulously crafted poetry and even a recipe, this collection celebrates words, culture, food, and the human act of making that binds them all together. A literary gourmands delight.<br /><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sus soulful reflections call attention to the complex connections between place, cuisine, literature, and taste, and revealing interviews with Su . . . open a window onto her creative process . . . This provides much to savor.<br /><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p><p>In this enchanting collection of essays and interviews, poet Adrienne Su reflects on her journey as a creative writer and avid home cook, beginning at a neighbors dinner table in 1980s Atlantalingering over poems, poets, and connections between food and literatureand ending in her 2023 kitchen in central Pennsylvania.</p><p>In <em>Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet,</em> Adrienne Su contemplates her own use of food as a recurring metaphor, influential teachers and peers, the push and pull between cooking and writing, changing expectations around English usage, and craft questions such as: Why does some subject matter refuse to cooperate in the creative process, even when it appears close to home? How does one write a good poem about being happy? Why write in rhyme when its time-consuming and mostly out of style? What is a poems responsibility to the literal truth?</p><p>Sus essays are driven by the tensions between worlds that overlap and collide: social conventions of the northern and southern United States; notions of whats American and whats Asian American; the demands of the page and the demands of the home; the solitariness of writing and the meaningful connection a poem can create between writer and reader. In interviews, often with fellow poets, she discusses a range of topics, from her early days in the Nuyorican poetry-slam scene to the solace of poetry and cooking during Covid-19 lockdown.</p><p>While Sus previous books are all collections of poetry, she has been publishing individual essays for many years. <em>Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet</em> gathers the best of them into one volume for the first time.</p>...4791147Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet: Essays and Interviews205205https://www.gandhi.com.mx/hot--sour--salty--sweet--essays-and-interviews-9781589883857/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4604870/image.jpg?v=638567709685900000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781589883857_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9781589883857_<p><strong>Seasoned with a dash of [Sus] meticulously crafted poetry and even a recipe, this collection celebrates words, culture, food, and the human act of making that binds them all together. A literary gourmands delight.<br /><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sus soulful reflections call attention to the complex connections between place, cuisine, literature, and taste, and revealing interviews with Su . . . open a window onto her creative process . . . This provides much to savor.<br /><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p><p>In this enchanting collection of essays and interviews, poet Adrienne Su reflects on her journey as a creative writer and avid home cook, beginning at a neighbors dinner table in 1980s Atlantalingering over poems, poets, and connections between food and literatureand ending in her 2023 kitchen in central Pennsylvania.</p><p>In <em>Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet,</em> Adrienne Su contemplates her own use of food as a recurring metaphor, influential teachers and peers, the push and pull between cooking and writing, changing expectations around English usage, and craft questions such as: Why does some subject matter refuse to cooperate in the creative process, even when it appears close to home? How does one write a good poem about being happy? Why write in rhyme when its time-consuming and mostly out of style? What is a poems responsibility to the literal truth?</p><p>Sus essays are driven by the tensions between worlds that overlap and collide: social conventions of the northern and southern United States; notions of whats American and whats Asian American; the demands of the page and the demands of the home; the solitariness of writing and the meaningful connection a poem can create between writer and reader. In interviews, often with fellow poets, she discusses a range of topics, from her early days in the Nuyorican poetry-slam scene to the solace of poetry and cooking during Covid-19 lockdown.</p><p>While Sus previous books are all collections of poetry, she has been publishing individual essays for many years. <em>Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet</em> gathers the best of them into one volume for the first time.</p>...9781589883857_Paul Dry Bookslibro_electonico_9781589883857_9781589883857Adrienne SuInglésMéxico2024-08-06T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/6327e7bf-b4f4-4825-ae25-442950098b02-epub-088da36d-58d6-493e-b13c-652a0f5724d2.epub2024-08-06T00:00:00+00:00Paul Dry Books