Hardly War, Don Mee Choi's major second collection, defies history,
national identity, and militarism. Using artifacts from Choi's
father, a professional photographer during the Korean and Vietnam
wars, she combines memoir, image, and opera to explore her paternal
relationship and heritage. Here poetry and geopolitics are
inseparable twin sisters, conjoined to the belly of a warring
empire. Like fried potato chips -- I believe so, utterly so -- The
hush-hush proving ground was utterly proven as history --
Hardly=History -- I believe so, eerily so -- hush hush -- Now watch
this performance -- Bull's-eye -- An uncanny human understanding on
target -- Absolute=History -- loaded with terrifying meaning -- The
Air Force doesn't say, hence Ugly=Narration -- Don Mee Choi is the
author of The Morning News Is Exciting (Action Books, 2010), and
translator of contemporary Korean women poets. She has received a
Whiting Writers Award and the 2012 Lucien Stryk Translation Prize.
Her translation of Kim Hyesoon's Sorrowtoothpaste Mirrorcream
(Action Books, 2014) was a finalist for the 2015 PEN Poetry in
Translation Award. She was born in Seoul and came to the United
States via Hong Kong. She now lives in Seattle, Washington.
General
Imprint: |
Wave Books
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2016 |
Authors: |
Don Mee Choi
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Dimensions: |
228 x 171 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
112 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-940696-21-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-940696-21-6 |
Barcode: |
9781940696218 |
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