100 Chinese Silences

by Timothy Yu

Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. LGBT Studies. Selected as the editor's selection in the 2014 NOS Book Contest. There are one hundred kinds of Chinese silence: the silence of unknown grandfathers; the silence of borrowed Buddha and rebranded Confucius; the silence of alluring stereotypes and exotic reticence. These poems make those silences heard. Writing back to an orientalist tradition that has defined modern American poetry, these 100 Chinese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934254614
• ISBN13: 9781934254615
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Les Figues Press
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"