Two Menus

by Rachel DeWoskin

There are two menus in a Beijing restaurant, Rachel DeWoskin writes in the title poem, "the first of excess, / second, scarcity." DeWoskin invites us into moments shaped by dualities, into spaces bordered by the language of her family (English) and that of her new country (Chinese), as well as the liminal spaces between youth and adulthood, safety and danger, humor and sorrow. This collection works by building and demolishing boundaries and binaries,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022668217X
• ISBN13: 9780226682174
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"