{"product_id":"koh-jee-leong-to-the-tunpb","title":"[07\/01\/26] Koh, Jee Leong: To the Tune","description":"\u003cp\u003eBench Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: July 1, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Profound compassion and unerring ear.” —Jenny Xie, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Rupture Tense\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTo the Tune\u003c\/em\u003e, Jee Leong Koh asks Chinese poet Du Fu how poetry can take to the barricades, discovering bracing answers from ordinary citizens, media workers, political organizers, and protest songwriters from Singapore. Koh’s new book juxtaposes a series of searching epistolary poems and a collection of poem-songs that forcibly and tentatively lurch into existence, take on misguided titles, and beg for music to set them chanting and marching.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45195766530071,"sku":"9781958652275","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1779063479-900.jpg?v=1780794585","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/koh-jee-leong-to-the-tunpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}