A Portrait of the Self as Nation

Marylin Chen

• Title

  A Portrait of the Self as Nation

• Date 2020
• ISBN 9780393358162
• Publisher New York: W.W. Norton
• Description 190 p; 10 in
• Language English
• Collections Permanent Collection
• Summary

  Spanning thirty years of dazzling work—from luminous early love lyrics to often-anthologized Asian American identity anthems, from political and subversive hybrid forms to feminist manifestos—A Portrait of the Self as Nation is a selection from one of America’s most original and vital voices. Marilyn Chin’s passionate, polyphonic poetry is deeply engaged with the complexities of cultural assimilation, feminism, and the Asian American experience; she spins precise, beautiful metaphors as she illuminates hard-hitting truths (W.W. Norton). 

• Tags American poetry -- 21st century, Asian American poetry