{"product_id":"tree-of-knowledge-poems-9780374614362","title":"Tree of Knowledge: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poet watches the limbs of a eucalyptus tree get sawed off: the image persists, refracting and recurring across poems of art, language, selfhood, memory, and loss.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoan Mitchell said, \u003ci\u003eWhen I talk about love, I mean loving a tree. When I talk about love, I mean loving where a tree used to be. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMen assess the eucalyptus tree growing on the poet's street; a crane arrives. The sound of a chainsaw rings in the air and branches begin to fall. This tree-cutting haunts the poet and becomes the locus from which the rest of the collection spirals. It refracts across works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Mitchell, and Hilma af Klint, whose painting series lends the collection its title and who becomes a model for engaging with the world. At the core of the collection, the long poem \"Eureka\" examines the violent 1885 expulsion of Chinese Americans from the eponymous California town. Roving, evocative, and intricate, \u003ci\u003eTree of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is rooted in Victoria Chang's crystalline voice and generous, probing gaze, and by certain images --trees, a hanging figure, a branch, fingertips, a briefcase--that resurface like apparitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Chang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374614362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria Chang\u003c\/b\u003e has written several books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eWith My Back to the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Trees Witness Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, and a nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eDear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poetry collection \u003ci\u003eOBIT\u003c\/i\u003e was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book; received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the PEN\/Voelcker Award; was longlisted for the National Book Award; and was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Griffin International Poetry Prize. \u003ci\u003eWith My Back to the World\u003c\/i\u003e received the Forward Prize for Best Collection of Poetry and was short-listed for the PEN\/Jean Stein Award, the California Book Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Chang has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the Chowdhury Prize in Literature. She is the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech and the director of Poetry@Tech.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Victoria Chang \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48641388478621,"sku":"9780374614362","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_413b23e1-05ab-45f2-81e2-0240662dcc92.jpg?v=1784108160","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/tree-of-knowledge-poems-9780374614362","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}