{"product_id":"9780393652178-portrait-of-the-self-as-nation","title":"A Portrait of the Self as Nation","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew and Selected Poems. A rich, illuminating compilation of selected and new poems from Marilyn Chin, \"a poet of contradictions, poignant sentiment, beat-your-ass toughness, and unexpected humor\" (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003cp\u003eSpanning 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—\u003cem\u003eA Portrait of the Self as Nation\u003c\/em\u003e is a selection from one of America’s most original and vital voices. Marilyn Chin’s passionate, polyphonic poetry travels freely from the personal to the mythic, from the political to the spiritual. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Portrait of the Self as Nation\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates Chin’s innovative activist poetry: her fearless and often confrontational early collections, \u003cem\u003eDwarf Bamboo\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Phoenix Gone, the Terrace Empty\u003c\/em\u003e; the rebellious, vivid language of \u003cem\u003eRhapsody in Plain Yellow\u003c\/em\u003e; and the erotic elegies of \u003cem\u003eHard Love Province\u003c\/em\u003e. Also included are excerpts from Chin’s daring novel, \u003cem\u003eRevenge of the Mooncake Vixen\u003c\/em\u003e, and a vibrant chapter of new poems and translations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn poems that are direct and passionately charged, Marilyn Chin raises her voice against systems of oppression even as her language shines with devastating power and beauty. Image after image, line by line, Chin’s masterfully reinvented quatrains, sonnets, allegories, and elegies are unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40869011357793,"sku":"9780393652178","price":23.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/7825b3a56def245cfb7067ea9b823ffc.png?v=1686807353","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780393652178-portrait-of-the-self-as-nation","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}