Grappling Hook

Taking its title from Tomas Tranströmer, Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiangs Grappling Hook sifts the debris of the twenty-first century for insights into identity, desire, and the everyday struggles inherent to motherhood. In doing so, she presents vivid portraits of the joys and perils of marriage, the evolving fight for social justice in a world divided by inequity, and the uncertain future thatss left for children of the digital age. Grappling Hook is an impressive display of Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiangs considerable poetic gifts, and a love letter to those who are making meaningful change in unprecedented times.

AUTHOR

Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang

Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang is the author of Sweet Devilry (Oolichan Books 2011), which won the Gerald Lampert prize in 2012 and the editor of Desperately Seeking Susans (Oolichan 2012). She is also the author of several children’s books, including A Flock of Shoes, and The Stone Hatchlings, with Annick Press. Sarah’s work has been published and translated internationally.

Review

Sarah Tsiang dissects our domestic intimacies with such a gorgeous blade. Funny, mature, unnerving, and tender, the poems in this book accomplish a brilliant balance between edges of love and violence.Sadiqa de Meijer, author of The Outer Wards