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My Uppalavanna
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781956921809
Publisher: Lavender Ink
Published: Sep 1 2026
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
My Uppalavanna takes its title from the legendary Buddhist nun who was enlightened by staring into lamplight as she swept in the evening-and Pearl Kan's debut collection follows that luminous, domestic gesture into the fullness of contemporary life. Navigating the paradox between spiritual emptiness and the irreducible particulars of the world-lost teeth and dynamited buddhas, pelicans low against the cold sea, a child's sunrise lifted on butter and milk-these spare, precise poems move between Zen practice, motherhood, and the mystery of everyday perception with utter clarity. Both incantatory and quietly vernacular, My Uppalavanna is an astonishing first collection.
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