{"product_id":"_robikrbk","title":"The Robin is Still Beautiful, by Kaitlin Rebecca Bets Kan","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 44 pages, from\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eAs both a cry of desperation and a nascent attempt at optimism, \u003cem\u003eThe Robin Is Still \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeautiful\u003c\/em\u003e by Kaitlin Kan is a compilation of poems written entirely during treatment in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eresidential psychiatric facilities. Despite the taboos against psychiatric disorders, readers are invited into the mind and memories of Kan’s ongoing battle with psychotic depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder in hopes of forging bonds of empathy with others. Her work also explores her multicultural upbringing, reckonings with religion, complexities of sexuality, and mythologies of past lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis publication intends to exemplify and encourage the artistic expression of suffering \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eas a means of transcending the human condition. Although Kan’s reclamation of her narrative is deeply personal, she seeks to normalize conversations surrounding identity, trauma, and mental illness. Her collection functions cyclically, opening with “Waking,” and retiring with “Vespers;” it finally concludes with the title poem “The Robin Is Still Beautiful” to inspire the hope that allows her to live each day anew despite excruciating pain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Robin Is Still Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e does come with trigger warnings for rape, assault, suicide, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eand eating disorders. While it is important to proceed with caution, Kan hopes her stark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ehonesty will expose others to her distressing reality. She takes her responsibility as an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eadvocate very seriously and is honored to be sharing her work with the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eKaitlin Kan (簡姬玲) is a Chinese-Latvian writer and editor. Born in the suburbs of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ePhiladelphia, she is an alumna of Phillips Academy Andover and a current student at Yale University where she is studying English and Psychology. In addition to poetry, she has received recognition for her prose and fiction. (All publication credits are listed on her website at kaitlinkan.com).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kaitlin Rebecca Bets Kan","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":39598189215815,"sku":"_ROBIKRBK","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":39598189248583,"sku":"_ROBIKRBKe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/robinfront.png?v=1672346251","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/_robikrbk","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}