Thinking Its Presence: Form, Race, and Subjectivity in Contemporary Asian American Poetry

by Dorothy J. Wang, Dorothy J Wang, Dorothy J. Wang

Book Overview

When will American poetry and poetics stop viewing poetry by racialized persons as a secondary subject within the field? Dorothy J. Wang makes an impassioned case that now is the time. Thinking Its Presence calls for a radical rethinking of how American poetry is being read today, offering its own reading as a roadmap.

While focusing on the work of five contemporary Asian American poets--Li-Young Lee, Marilyn Chin, John Yau, Mei-mei...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804795274
• ISBN13: 9780804795272
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"