{"product_id":"freely-frayed-by-don-mee-choi","title":"Freely Frayed by Don Mee Choi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 17 NOV 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreely Frayed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gathers early poems, recent essays and translation notes by National Book Award winning poet Don Mee Choi. Featuring Choi’s radical modes of writing back to empire, the collection offers both the underpinnings of her acclaimed KOR-US Trilogy (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardly War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDMZ Colony\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMirror Nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and the intersecting points of personal experience and memory that have evolved during the time of writing the books. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreely Frayed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e grapples with the politics of distance and language in exploration of anti-colonial logic and identity, illustrating memory’s enactment of translation and a notion of salvage that creates a dialogue between forms. Simultaneously restless and playful, these poems and essays move us to inspect our own sense of place and language, and in turn to ask what history is built from this record.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback | Publication: 17 Nov 2026, And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781916751613 \u003c\/span\u003e| Extent: 114 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57127715471742,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/AOS_Freely-Frayed-scaled.jpg?v=1773657302","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/freely-frayed-by-don-mee-choi","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}