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Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
68 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From National Poetry Series winner Su Cho, chosen by Paige Lewis, a debut poetry collection about immigration, memory, and a family's lexicon. Language and lore are at the core of The Symmetry of Fish, a moving debut about coming-of-age in the middle of nowhere. With striking and tender insight, it seeks to give voice to those who have been denied their stories, and examines the way phrases and narratives are passed down through immigrant families-not...
Author
Series
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
72 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In language as perceptive as it is poignant, poet Gwen Nell Westerman builds a world in words that reflects the past, present, and future of the Dakota people. An intricate balance between the singularity of personal experience and the unity of collective longing, Follow the Blackbirds speaks to the affection and appreciation a contemporary poet feels for her family, community, and environment. With touches of humor and the occasional sharp cultural...
Author
Publisher
North Dakota State University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
ix, 267 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Gratitude with Dogs under Stars brings together under one cover the poet's three award-winning collections--Everything's a Verb (1995); From Sweetness (2002); and Small Buried Things (2015)--along with 21 new poems. Taken together, the poems offer a rare glimpse of a sweeping array of subjects and interests that captivate a writer's imagination over the course of years.--Publisher.
"Gratitude with Dogs under Stars features Debra Marquart's three...
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
118 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Taking mitochondrial DNA as his guide, Lee explores familial and national legacies, and their persistence across shifting boundaries and the erosions of time. In these poems, the trait of an ancestor appears in the face of a newborn, and in her cry generations of women's voices echo. Stories, both benign and traumatic, travel as lore and DNA. Using lush, exact imagery, whether about the corner bar or a hilltop in Korea, Lee is a careful observer,...