{"product_id":"hot-sour-salty-sweet-9781589881921","title":"Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Seasoned with a dash of [Su’s] 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 gourmand’s delight.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Su’s 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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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 neighbor's dinner table in 1980s Atlanta—lingering over poems, poets, and connections between food and literature—and ending in her 2023 kitchen in central Pennsylvania.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHot, Sour, Salty, Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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 it's time-consuming and mostly out of style? What is a poem's responsibility to the literal truth?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSu's essays are driven by the tensions between worlds that overlap and collide: social conventions of the northern and southern United States; notions of what's American and what's 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile Su’s previous books are all collections of poetry, she has been publishing individual essays for many years. \u003ci\u003eHot, Sour, Salty, Sweet \u003c\/i\u003egathers the best of them into one volume for the first time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adrienne Su","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42960217735286,"sku":"9781589881921","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_40d208bd-b748-464e-99ed-fb773d30b86c.jpg?v=1767798987","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/hot-sour-salty-sweet-9781589881921","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}