The Artist's Daughter

by Kimiko Hahn

Book Overview

Kimiko Hahn's poetry explores the interplay--and tensions--among her various identities: mother, lover, wife, poet, and daughter of both the Midwest and Asia. However astonishing her subjects--from sideshow freaks to sadomasochistic fantasy--they ultimately emerge in this startling collection as moving images of the deepest levels of our shared humanity. "Love and betrayal, hatred and fidelity all combine in these poems which take us into the dark...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393051021
• ISBN13: 9780393051025
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and Chilling

From the beginning, this book of poems captures your attention by demanding that the reader glimpse not only the beautiful, but also the repulsive and disturbing sides of life. The poet does an amazing job of working on the edges of her form to include email junkets, encyclopedic info, notes and stories to explore not only her subject matter, but also how the poet approaches the subject and makes it art. Her fairy tales connect her to the past, and her personal imagey keeps the tale contemporary. All of this dwells between the pages, the mother and the artist struggling with the words.