La poésie de Gillian Sze se caractérise par un langage précis et l'exploration des liens complexes entre le monde naturel et l'expérience humaine. Ses vers révèlent souvent des nuances subtiles d'émotion et de pensée à travers des images et des métaphores distinctives. Sze combine magistralement des thèmes introspectifs avec une attention particulière aux détails, créant des œuvres à la fois intimes et universelles.
This prosimetrical collection delves into the formative experiences of a writer, examining the intersections of cultural and language barriers, identity, and the complexities of motherhood. Through a blend of prose and poetry, it reflects on the creative process and personal growth, offering insights into the challenges and triumphs that shape one's voice and narrative.
Exploring the myth of human creation, this poetic collection delves into the individual as a sentient mystery. The first section highlights overlooked urban moments, featuring characters like a woman on a bus and a neighbor conversing with plants. The second section shifts to a confessional tone, revealing the author's inner life. With a blend of reflection, instruction, playfulness, and strangeness, the work uncovers the unique distinctions among people, selves, objects, and histories.
"What is love? a child wonders. What does it feel like, smell like, taste like? How does it move? How long does it last? And as she prepares a traditional Chinese meal for her family, the child's mother replies: her love for him is rosy as wolfberries, warm like tea, sweeter than the red dates she puts in his soup. It shines through the water like its own brilliant sun. It goes round and round with no beginning and no end. Because a mother's love for a child is always there, warm and soft, broad and tender. In this tender story that pairs beautifully poetic words with brilliantly stunning art, a mother's love comes alive on the page and wraps readers in its warm embrace."-- Amazon
Set against the backdrop of a vibrant city, the narrative captures a family's joyful errands as they explore a bakery, flower shop, and fruit market. The lively atmosphere is filled with delightful sounds and sights, from the baker preparing tarts to the cheerful flowers and cooing pigeons. The story concludes on a hopeful note, emphasizing the promise of a new day filled with endless possibilities.
Rich imagery, gentle rhythm and soothing repetition will lull your little one to sleep as the tulips close for the night, one by one. In this bedtime story written as an Italian villanelle, poet Gillian Sze makes use of the poetic forms of cyclic pattern and rhyme scheme to create a melodious lullaby. A young child comes in from picking flowers as the creatures around their home all settle down for the evening. Songbirds curl against their mothers' sides, the house slumps and sighs low, a hush settles as times slows. And little readers are invited to rest their heads and be soothed to sleep as moonlight falls on eyes that close.
The perfect gift for all of your loved ones, this lyrical, gorgeously illustrated picture book celebrates creativity and a family's love.
A lyrical story of parental love that celebrates and takes pride in the many shades of brown skin. Perfect for fans of I Am Enough, Hey Black Child, Hair Love, and Our Skin. When you ask me why your skin is brown, I will tell you that you are my favorite color. I will say that your skin was decided long, long ago. Time was just waiting for you. So begins a mother’s celebration of her children's brown skin, told through warm and vivid poetry. With sweeping descriptions of what brown skin means—it is the brawny bear whose paws know the ground of its home, the sequoia tree that reaches up and touches the sun, the glossy shell of roasted chestnuts—this is a book that empowers as it embraces, and that reminds young readers that they have shades of color that only they can discover and express. With beautiful, lyrical text by powerhouse poet Gillian Sze and vibrant, engaging art by illustrator Nina Mata, the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of LeBron James's I Promise, this is more than a story of love—it is a song that rings out for brown kids everywhere. Praise for You Are My Favorite Color: "This is a sweet, languorous celebration of brown skin in all its infinite shades and of multiracial, multifaceted families. Lovely." --Kirkus Reviews