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“Dark, playful, incisive and heartbreaking.” —San Diego Union-Tribune

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"Bold and unapologetic.… Ranging from clear, radiant lyrics to experimental, subversive pieces." -- Elizabeth Lund - Washington Post
"Chin delivers a wealth of riches: jokes and puns; poems as blues songs, mythic allegories, or letters; poems in translation and poems influenced by received forms." -- Maya Phillips - Poets.org
"Throughout this collection, a great showcase of her oeuvre, Chin demonstrates her mastery of the English language and her fluency in others, her impressive visions of global history, her colloquial humor, and her commitment to speaking truth to power." -- Kathryn Pratt Russell - American Book Review

A Portrait of the Self as Nation

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    A Paperback / softback by Marilyn Chin

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 28/07/2020
      ISBN13: 9780393358162, 978-0393358162
      ISBN10: 039335816X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “Dark, playful, incisive and heartbreaking.” —San Diego Union-Tribune

      Trade Review
      "Bold and unapologetic.… Ranging from clear, radiant lyrics to experimental, subversive pieces." -- Elizabeth Lund - Washington Post
      "Chin delivers a wealth of riches: jokes and puns; poems as blues songs, mythic allegories, or letters; poems in translation and poems influenced by received forms." -- Maya Phillips - Poets.org
      "Throughout this collection, a great showcase of her oeuvre, Chin demonstrates her mastery of the English language and her fluency in others, her impressive visions of global history, her colloquial humor, and her commitment to speaking truth to power." -- Kathryn Pratt Russell - American Book Review

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