{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site","author_name":"Bill Lavender","author_url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/author\/bill\/","title":"Pearl Kan: My Uppalavanna at Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nkKX4z7aRx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/my-uppalavanna\/\">My Uppalavanna<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/my-uppalavanna\/embed\/#?secret=nkKX4z7aRx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;My Uppalavanna&#8221; &#8212; Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos\" data-secret=\"nkKX4z7aRx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/uppalavanna-cover-150dpi.jpg","thumbnail_width":900,"thumbnail_height":1350,"description":"Selected poems spanning fifteen years, tracing fractured identities, mental illness, ecological anxiety, Jewish diasporic memory, and expatriate life between Lithuania and South Korea. \"Jake Levine is a firesteed. Traditionally, a particularly marvelous horse was said, by poets, to have \u2018bones of flame.'\"\u2014 Charles AlexanderMy Uppalavanna takes its title from the legendary Buddhist nun who was enlightened by staring into lamplight as she swept in the evening\u2014and Pearl Kan\u2019s 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\u2014lost teeth and dynamited buddhas, pelicans low against the cold sea, a child\u2019s sunrise lifted on butter and milk\u2014these 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."}