Rain in Plural: Poems

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The highly anticipated new collection from a poet whose previous book was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Rain in Plural is the much-anticipated fourth collection of poetry by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, who has been praised by The Rumpus as "a master of musicality and enlightening allusions." In the wholly original world of these new poe

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"Shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, Arrowsmith Press"
"A splendid follow-up to the LJ best-booked The Ruined Elegance with broader appeal." * Library Journal, starred review *
"Fiona Sze-Lorrains fourth book of original poems, Rain in Plural . . . uses language to uncover questions of citizenship, memory, and image. We love Sze-Lorrains lush, musical sensibilities. . . . If youve enjoyed her work in the past, youre sure to enjoy Rain in Plural, too!" * Lantern Review *
"The poetry in her newest collection, Rain in Plural, is neither a mlange nor a mosaic of cultural, intellectual and linguistic referents, but a deeply intertwined layering . . . Sze-Lorrain seems at home and a visitor everywhere, connecting dots across cultures and continents, dipping into languages and cuisines. If there is a globalized future for English-language literature, this is perhaps an early glance at it."---Asian Review of Books, Peter Gordon
"Provocative . . . lyrical. . . . These lovely poems slide between equally compelling realities that dont seem to belong together but ultimately unify and bring sense, compassion, and beauty."---Kyle Torke, Colorado Review
"The collection reveals the inner-life of a truly remarkable poet. Radiantly intelligent, Sze-Lorrains work is as musically intoxicating as the zheng she plays with precision . . . Rain in Plural is a collection of poetry deserving of multiple reads in the quietude of soft light over ones left shoulder."---Michael Escoubas, Quill & Parchment
"Rain in Plural is a collection that quietly insists on your attention."---Lisa Higgs, The Adroit Journal
"There is something for every reader in Rain in Plural . . . Rain in Plural is an invitation to a myriad of entanglements with the inner life, and what grows from the seeds planted there."---Hannah VanderHart, EcoTheo Review
"Rain in Plural is a lush and intimate study of the porous boundaries of personal life. Inflected with quietude and hardened by rigorous examination, Sze-Lorrains careful eye ranges over landscapes both within and outside the self, mining language for new entry points." * Yaddo News *
"Fiona Sze-Lorrain's much-awaited fourth poetry collection, Rain in Plural, is a polyphonic gathering of wide-ranging themes. . . . Sze-Lorrains work allows us to grasp, for a moment, the points of contact that translation perpetually seeks. Therein lies the philosophical importance of Rain in Plural: eschewing equivalence, Sze-Lorrain crafts a poetics of border spaces and contact zones."---Lara Norgaard, Singapore Unbound
"Such unexpected juxtapositions lend the collection a quirky vividness. Though consecutive lines and stanzas often touch on drastically different subjects, the poems still offer a sense of wholeness. . . . Regardless of her subject, Sze-Lorrain manages to be inventive and original without sacrificing authenticity and musical balance."---Maggie Wang, Harvard Review
"The poems in this very good collection, even those that are slight on the page, have an epic, Yeatsian sweep to them, a grandeur of statement found in a lightness of touch."---Dominic Leonard, Poetry London

Author Bio

Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a poet, translator, editor, and zheng harpist. She is the author of three previous poetry collections, including The Ruined Elegance (Princeton), which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She has also translated more than a dozen books of contemporary Chinese, French, and American poetry. She lives in Paris.