{"product_id":"b-dragon-suite-paperback","title":"B-Dragon Suite - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStine An\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a \"Must-Read Queer Book\" of 2026 by \u003ci\u003eLanguage Arts\u003c\/i\u003e newsletter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eB-Dragon Suite\u003c\/i\u003e is a hybrid poetry collection that remixes K-pop, experimental translation, sound art, and emoji poetics to explore Korean diasporic identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis debut book of poetry treats translation as play, performance, and embodied sound. Across seven interlinked sections, Stine An stages a fabulated K-pop universe, complete with boy band LIL BANG and girl group The Pink Blossoms, alongside lyric poems and prose meditations that code-switch between Korean and English. The book situates K-pop as both pleasure engine and cultural archive, asking how language survives colonial history, migration, and spectacle without resolving into easy consumption.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStine An is a poet, translator, and performer based in New York City. She holds a BA in Literature from Harvard and an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown, and has received fellowships and grants from The Poetry Project, the PEN\/Heim Translation Fund Grant, Yaddo, ALTA, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eToday's Morning Vocabulary\u003c\/i\u003e by Yoo Heekyung (2025), \u003ci\u003e Winter Night Rabbit Worries \u003c\/i\u003eby Yoo Heekyung (2026), \u003ci\u003eS_MMER CR_SH\u003c\/i\u003e (2025), and \u003ci\u003eComet \u0026amp; Star\u003c\/i\u003e written by Lee Juck and illustrated by Lee Jinhee (2024). Her debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eB-Dragon Suite\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2023 Nightboat Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46547562627116,"sku":"9781643623214","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/ZoDW-cddJA9781643623214.webp?v=1793508666","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/b-dragon-suite-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}