{"product_id":"stilnl","title":"Still Portrait of Girlhood, by Naomi Ling","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 32 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\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\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStill portrait (n.): a freeze-frame in a moment, yet to become a memory. Poet Naomi Ling’s \u003cem\u003eStill Portrait of Girlhood\u003c\/em\u003e meditates on heritage and healing, on interwoven identities, on girlhood and growing pains: “I wanted to catch the world breathless \/ a half-silvered koi passing \/ right through my palms.” Each piece unravels quietly to form a tapestry of humanity. Aiming to preserve the modern diasporic narrative, these poems do not strive to be polished—but rather raw and unapologetic.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike every teenager on the cusp of womanhood, the speaker in \u003cem\u003eStill Portrait of Girlhood\u003c\/em\u003e interrogates their deepest, haunting desires: “How liberating, the feeling \/ of loving someone’s son with no seatbelt on.” From first Drivers Ed lessons to modern day school lockdowns, each scene tells of survival—as poignant and personal as a family photocard. Ling’s speaker also confronts the whitewashed narratives that erase Asian American culture, asking “Why retell a story if it’s the same goddamn \/ story?” This rapturous collection begs to be heard in total stillness: the moments between dusk and dawn where no one else will listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNaomi Ling is a Chinese American student on the East Coast who believes strongly in the power of storytelling for change. A 2023 YoungArts Finalist in Poetry and winner of the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize, she has been recognized by the National Student Poets Program, Scholastic Art \u0026amp; Writing Awards, and Best of the Net, among others. If there was one dream she could make true, it would be to ride along the French countryside with a baguette under her arm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naomi Ling","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":44882311446843,"sku":"STILNL","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":44882311479611,"sku":"STILNLe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/stillfront.png?v=1685824605","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/stilnl","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}