{"product_id":"diaspora-paperback-1","title":"Diaspora - 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\u003eSheri Reda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiaspora, a new collection of poems by Sheri Reda, \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ereflects on ancestors, the starving worlds they left behind, and the adopted communities they scrambled so gamely to build. It uses direct language and vivid imagery to honor both ancient roots and modern aspirations, while observing-with love, humor, and occasional horror-the way tensions between them become an epigenetic inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Grounded in vivid evocations of Chicago's Lakefront and its industrial West Side, the poems document a universal journey of disruption, longing, and acceptance. They explore the waves of identity and ambition that have roiled the city and revel in the tattered and triumphant love that holds it together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003c\/strong\u003epoems \"smell of chicken soup, dough, scotch and water, smokes,\" says poet Luisa Igloria. \"They crack jokes and find their way through a \"city [of] bones and marrow.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is not a diaspora you've read before,\" says Lucia Getsi, acclaimed author of Intensive Care. \"It's poetry as sorcery.\"\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet Hayan Chara describes the poems as \"master classes in paying attention to the world.\" Historian Rhiannon Koehler calls the book \"an antidote to our poisonous times.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377652785459,"sku":"9798899904547","price":32.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NCUJEhQFJ9798899904547.webp?v=1779326032","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/diaspora-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}