{"product_id":"from-from-poems-paperback","title":"From from: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMonica Youn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major achievement by Monica Youn, \"one of the most consistently innovative poets working today\" (NPR). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Where are you from . . . ? No--where are you \u003ci\u003efrom \u003c\/i\u003efrom?\" It's a question every Asian American gets asked as part of an incessant chorus saying you'll never belong here, you're a perpetual foreigner, you'll always be seen as an alien, an object, or a threat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMonica Youn's \u003ci\u003eFrom From\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly evokes the conflicted consciousness of deracination. If you have no core of \"authenticity,\" no experience of your so-called homeland, how do you piece together an Asian American identity out of Westerners' ideas about Asians? Your sense of yourself is part stereotype, part aspiration, part guilt. In this dazzling collection, one sequence deconstructs the sounds and letters of the word \"deracinations\" to create a sonic landscape of micro- and macroaggressions, assimilation, and self-doubt. A kaleidoscopic personal essay explores the racial positioning of Asian Americans and the epidemic of anti-Asian hate. Several poems titled \"Study of Two Figures\" anatomize and dissect the Asian other: Midas the striving, nouveau-riche father; Dr. Seuss and the imaginary daughter Chrysanthemum-Pearl he invented while authoring his anti-Japanese propaganda campaign; Pasiphaë, mother of the minotaur, and Sado, the eighteenth-century Korean prince, both condemned to containers allegorical and actual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom From\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary collection by a poet whose daring and inventive works are among the most vital in contemporary literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonica Youn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom From\u003c\/i\u003e, and three previous poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eBlackacre, \u003c\/i\u003ea finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, \u003ci\u003eBarter, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIgnatz\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award. The daughter of Korean immigrants and a former lawyer, she teaches at Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765758132512,"sku":"9781644452219","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/40eafde442dfad604ab3f0a2376578c4.webp?v=1780279007","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/from-from-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}