{"product_id":"perennial-counterpart-9781643623108","title":"Perennial Counterpart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF LITERARY HUB'S \"MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2026\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetic study in magical modes of connection over distance--how both friendship and reading are similar ways of being together while being alone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten over several years of solitude, study, and transformation, the poems in \u003ci\u003ePerennial Counterpart\u003c\/i\u003e trace an evolving, self-questioning practice of thinking-in-poetry where long, reflective lines--evoking both prose and photography--brush against elliptical, fractured modes of film and literary criticism. Anchored by the author's obsessive reading life, this is a book where lyric inquiry becomes its own form of company. Here, the poem is written to remake its writer through glittering connections to a personal lineage of thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yongyu Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightboat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643623108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYongyu Chen\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Cambridge, MA, and their work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals including \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The White Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Yongyu Chen \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48311294525597,"sku":"9781643623108","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3e9780b8-8d99-4bfd-856b-c831b8a52fe2.jpg?v=1779260891","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/perennial-counterpart-9781643623108","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}