From the acclaimed poet of 50 Love Poems and Territories of the Flesh comes a piercingly relevant new collection that charts the human landscape of economic conflict. In The Tariff of Touch, Angela Nancy masterfully translates the abstract, high-stakes drama of the US-China trade war into an intimate, visceral narrative of American life.
This is not a story of presidents or policies, but of people. It is the silent calculation in a shopper's eyes as they return a staple to the grocery shelf. It is the stubborn silence of a Midwestern soybean field with no market for its harvest. It is the hollow echo of a factory gate closing for the last time. With her signature clarity and emotional precision, Nancy exposes the quiet, pervasive ways a global struggle becomes a personal one-measured in rising prices, receding dreams, and the fragile weight of a family budget.
Moving from the rusted-out factories of the heartland to the anxious aisles of big-box stores, these poems form a powerful testament to resilience. The Tariff of Touch is an essential, haunting ledger of our time, proving that the true cost of a trade war is paid not in tariffs, but in the quiet, steadfast currency of the human spirit.
From the acclaimed poet of 50 Love Poems and Territories of the Flesh comes a piercingly relevant new collection that charts the human landscape of economic conflict. In The Tariff of Touch, Angela Nancy masterfully translates the abstract, high-stakes drama of the US-China trade war into an intimate, visceral narrative of American life.
This is not a story of presidents or policies, but of people. It is the silent calculation in a shopper's eyes as they return a staple to the grocery shelf. It is the stubborn silence of a Midwestern soybean field with no market for its harvest. It is the hollow echo of a factory gate closing for the last time. With her signature clarity and emotional precision, Nancy exposes the quiet, pervasive ways a global struggle becomes a personal one-measured in rising prices, receding dreams, and the fragile weight of a family budget.
Moving from the rusted-out factories of the heartland to the anxious aisles of big-box stores, these poems form a powerful testament to resilience. The Tariff of Touch is an essential, haunting ledger of our time, proving that the true cost of a trade war is paid not in tariffs, but in the quiet, steadfast currency of the human spirit.
The Tariff of Touch
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The Tariff of Touch
190
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798232860318 |
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| Publisher: | Inpress International |
| Publication date: | 10/17/2025 |
| Series: | Cartographies of the Heart by Angela Nancy |
| Pages: | 190 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.44(d) |