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animal imagery in verse
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beauty amid chaos
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contemporary Asian American poetry
contemporary poetry collection
cross-continental poetic inspiration
cross-cultural poetic voice
cultural hybridity in literature
decency and survival themes
earthly and ecstatic contrasts
East and West in poetry
emotional depth in lyric
emotional resonance in verse
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evocative cross-cultural narratives
evocative imagery in modern verse
evocative modern poetry
experimental poetic forms
first poetry volume
first-person poetic perspective
haunting lyrical style
identity and place in poetry
imaginative landscapes
literary debut collection
lyrical explorations of reality
lyrical voice and rhythm
meditations on human experience
meditative and reflective poetry
metaphor and symbolism in poetry
modern aesthetic in poetry
modern world reflections in poetry
narrative and lyrical fusion
nature and city interplay
personal and cultural memory
poetic exploration of diaspora
poetic exploration of survival and resilience
poetic tension between chaos and order
poetry of estrangement and familiarity
poetry of longing and beauty
poetry of uncertainty and wonder
reflective and contemplative verse
Saigon literary imagery
San Francisco poetic landscapes
sensory and emotional lyricism
spiritual and earthly fusion in verse
sublime experiences in poetry
transcendent poetic expression
transformative poetic vision
urban and natural imagery
urban poetic observation
verse of everyday and extraordinary
visual and sensory imagery
Product details
- ISBN 9781558493070
- Weight: 369g
- Dimensions: 154 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 2001
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this striking first collection of poems, the grainy strangeness of the modern world is transformed into a place at once knowable and enduring. Mong-Lan conveys the certainty that even when the world stops making sense, decency and beauty somehow survive. From Saigon to San Francisco, she combines the earthly and the ecstatic, the animal and the sublime, to create lyrics that tempt and haunt.
MONG-LAN is a writer, visual artist, and dancer. After the fall of Saigon, she immigrated with her family to America at a young age. She currently is a Wallace E. Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.
