{"product_id":"melete-paperback-1","title":"Melete - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Lee Tsai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Lee Tsai's first full-length poetry book explores family history, intergenerational trauma, love, loss and belonging through the perspective of a second-generation British Chinese identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cem\u003eMelete\u003c\/em\u003e interweaves dual cultures and heritages through narratives of memory, migration and mysticism across Liverpool, China and Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed after the Boeotian Muse of meditation and contemplation, \u003cem\u003eMelete \u003c\/em\u003enavigates the boundaries between life and art, personhood and subjectivity, states and places of spiritual transcendence and ecstasies. This expansive book establishes a powerfully distinctive lyric voice in British poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Lee Tsai\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, writer and artist. Born in Bebington on the Wirral, she grew up in Liverpool. She has published two pamphlets, \u003ci\u003eKismet\u003c\/i\u003e (ignitionpress, 2019) and \u003ci\u003eLa Mystérique\u003c\/i\u003e (Guillemot Press, 2022), with her first full-length poetry book, \u003ci\u003eMelete\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Bloodaxe in 2026. A fellow of The Complete Works and a Ledbury Poetry Critic, she has received a Northern Writers Award for Poetry and is a winner of the Rebecca Swift Foundation's Women Poets' Prize. She has worked as a teacher of English to students in universities and colleges as well as within community settings. She is the recipient of an AHRC doctoral scholarship in Creative Writing at the University of Liverpool and an Artist in Residence at the Bluecoat's studios through the Wittenham Bursary. Her poetry, essays and reviews have been published in publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry London\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe TLS\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e as well as on BBC Radio 4.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53761860763955,"sku":"9781780377575","price":27.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NEweUWUjFO9781780377575_1c1b0c5c-09f2-4dbe-8665-eaace308061f.webp?v=1785358395","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/melete-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}