| Rough, and Savage Contributor(s): Shin, Sun Yung (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566893143 ISBN-13: 9781566893145 Publisher: Coffee House Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - Asian American - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2011046605 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 114 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These] accumulated poems are] a smoldering tragedy, a heady descent, songs from a pit where what glints may be gems or the moon off snake scales.--Douglas Kearney Sun Yung Shin's poems animate the elements of the epic poem and Korean history across a dystopian dreamscape of fairy tale and folklore. Filled with pithy observations and striking lyrics, this collection explores alienation, moral isolation, and nationhood. Sun Yung Shin is the author of Skirt Full of Black, which won the 2008 Asian American Literary Award for poetry, and the children's book Cooper's Lesson, and is the co-editor of Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption. Raised in Chicago, Illinois, Shin currently lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota, and frequently returns to Korea. |