{"product_id":"return-of-the-chinese-femme-paperback","title":"Return of the Chinese Femme - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorothy Chan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unabashed exploration of queerness, excess, identity, and tenderness from award-winning poet Dorothy Chan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe speaker in Dorothy Chan's fifth collection, \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Chinese Femme\u003c\/i\u003e, walks through life fearlessly, \"forehead forever exposed,\" the East Asian symbol of female aggression. She's the troublemaker protagonist--the \"So Chinese Girl\"--the queer in a family of straights-- the rambunctious ringleader of the girl band, always ready with the perfect comeback, wearing a blue fur coat, drinking a whiskey neat. They indulge on the themes of food, sex, fantasy, fetish, popular culture, and intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChan organizes the collection in the form of a tasting menu, offering the reader a taste of each running theme. Triple sonnets, recipe poems, and other inventive plays on diction and form pepper the collection. Amidst the bravado, \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Chinese Femme \u003c\/i\u003erepresents all aspects of her identity--Asian heritage, queerness, kid of immigrants' story--in the most real ways possible, conquering the world through joy and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Chan\u003c\/b\u003e (she\/they) is the author of multiple poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eBABE\u003c\/i\u003e (Diode Editions, 2021), \u003ci\u003eRevenge of the Asian Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (Diode Editions, 2019), \u003ci\u003eAttack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold\u003c\/i\u003e (Spork Press, 2018), and the chapbook \u003ci\u003eChinatown Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e (New Delta Review, 2017). They were a 2023 finalist for the Roethke Poetry Award for Revenge of the Asian Woman, 2022 finalist for the Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize from the New England Poetry Club for \u003ci\u003eBABE\u003c\/i\u003e, a 2020 and 2014 finalist for the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, a 2020 finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry for \u003ci\u003eRevenge of the Asian Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, and a 2019 recipient of the Philip Freund Prize in Creative Writing from Cornell University. Their work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePOETRY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAcademy of American Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChan is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Book Reviews Co-Editor of \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, and Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of Honey Literary Inc., a 501(c)(3) BIPOC literary arts organization, run by women, femme, and queer editors of color. Chan was the 2021 Resident Artist for Toward One Wisconsin. They were a 2022 recipient of the University of Wisconsin System's Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ People. Visit their website at dorothypoetry.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763864895776,"sku":"9781646053100","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8835663f7d53aa9a2261000bf09de385.webp?v=1780240598","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/return-of-the-chinese-femme-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}