Logic of the Woods

by Eryearn Jang

Overview

At the end of 2021, I let go of a lot of things; most of them unwillingly. I let go of the hope that I could see my father again. I let go of a job, and in the process, a lifelong dream. I let go of certain deeply held beliefs. In struggling to let go of these, I wrote poetry.

Pen and paper do not judge you if you feel dread towards the relentless cockroaches in the apartment or for your fleeting feelings. Poetry does not frown at your life crisis in the laundry room, your conversations with trees in Chattanooga, or if you write letters to a god. Logic of the Woods embodies all of these.

- Eryearn Jang

All profits made from this book will go to the following non-profit organizations in equal parts: Southeastern Climbing Coalition (SCC) and Training Indonesians for Transition to Institutional Programs (TITIP).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798881109257
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	01/22/2024
Pages:	74
Sales rank:	164,024
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.18(d)

About the Author

Eryearn "Ruth" Jang was born in South Korea, but spent her formative years between the Philippines, Australia, and Indonesia. At the age of nine, soon after her family moved to West Papua, she began writing poetry.

Much of her work is influenced by Ok Kigup, also known as the Digul river of southern Papua, and the Appalachian temperate forests of the southeastern United States. Logic of the Woods is her first poetry collection, and it includes her poems written between 2018 and 2023.