Grappling Hook

Taking its title from Tomas Transtrmer, Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang'sGrappling Hooksifts the debris of the 21stcentury for insights into identity, desire, and the everyday struggles inherent to motherhood. In doing so, she presents vivid portraits of the joys and perils of marriage, the evolving fight for social justice in a world divided by inequity, and the uncertain future that's left for children of the digital age.

Grappling Hookis an impressive display ofYi-Mei Tsiang's considerable poetic gifts, and a love letter to those who are making meaningful change in unprecedented times.(From Palimpsest Press)

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Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang is a poet and children's book author. Her poetry collections includeSweet Devilry, which won the 2012 Gerald Lampert award, andStatus Update, which was nominated for the Pat Lowther Award. Tsiang wasshortlisted for the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize.