{"product_id":"phi-bao-thousand-spb","title":"Phi, Bao: Thousand Star Hotel","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoffee House Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: July 04, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems from a father, a refugee, an activist resisting the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThousand Star Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[Phi's] irreverent profundity shines in prose poems and fixed forms alike.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The strength of this book comes from the clear and forceful voice. The words leap off the pages, half alive already. . . . A fierce, burning indictment of racism and xenophobia.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A cutting collection of poems about growing up a refugee, becoming a father, feeling surrounded by police brutality and the invisibility of poor Asian-Americans.\" --NPR's\u003ci\u003e Code Switch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Filled with snapshots of the American immigrant experience, intense love for family, and deep empathy for community, . . . \u003ci\u003eThousand Star Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, challenges racism, police brutality, and the silencing invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.\" --\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Written with immense empathy and honesty, \u003ci\u003eThousand Star Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, heartbreakingly beautiful portrait of the lives of Vietnamese refugees in the U.S.\" --\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817235787799,"sku":"9781566894708","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/71-s8fN1VeL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1768004172","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/phi-bao-thousand-spb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}