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New California Poetry #5: Commons

by Myung Mi Kim

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Another selection for the New California Poetry series, Commons is an exquisite collection of poems.

Synopsis:

"The poems in Commons are at once global and intensely personal and emotional. An immensely talented poet, Myung Mi Kim loves language - its internal rhymes, alliterations, and diverse rhythms. Caught off guard by the beauty and precision of Kim's language and the exquisite images she so deftly conjures, we are drawn unwittingly into a web of fragmentary memories that subvert what we think we know about the violent history that haunts her and never ceases to demand recognition."--Elaine Kim, author of "Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context, and co-editor of "Dangerous Women: Gender and Korean Nationalism

Product Details

ISBN:
9780520231443
Author:
Kim, Myung Mi
Publisher:
University of California Press
Location:
Berkeley
Subject:
Korea
Subject:
Immigrants
Subject:
American - Asian American
Subject:
Korean Americans
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
New California Poetry (Paperback)
Series Volume:
5
Publication Date:
March 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
111
Dimensions:
8.46x6.10x.40 in. .44 lbs.

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