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Highlights
- In her first collection, Suji Kwock Kim confronts a number of difficult subjects--colonialism, the Korean War, emigration, racism, and love.
- Walt Whitman Award 2002 1st Winner
- About the Author: Suji Kwock Kim's poems have appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, Paris Review, New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, and on National Public Radio.
- 88 Pages
- Poetry, American
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Book Synopsis
In her first collection, Suji Kwock Kim confronts a number of difficult subjects--colonialism, the Korean War, emigration, racism, and love. She considers what a homeland would be for a divided nation and a divided self: what it means to enter language, the body, the family, the community; to be a daughter, sister, lover, citizen, or exile.
In settings from New York to San Francisco, from Scotland to Seoul, her poems question "what threads hold / our lives together" in cities and gardens, battlefields and small towns. Across the no-man's-land between every "you" and "I," her speakers encounter, quarrel with, or honor others, traveling between the living and the dead, between horror over the disastrous events of the past and hope for the future. Drawing upon a wide range of voices, styles, and perspectives, Notes from the Divided Country bears witness to the vanishing world.Review Quotes
"There's love and sadness at the root of these poems. There's also a bridge, a language that mends. Few will read [this book] and not be moved by its clarity of vision."
About the Author
Suji Kwock Kim's poems have appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, Paris Review, New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, and on National Public Radio.Dimensions (Overall): 9.14 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .28 Inches (D)
Weight: .31 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 88
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: LSU Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Suji Kwock Kim
Language: English
Street Date: April 1, 2003
TCIN: 88975586
UPC: 9780807128732
Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-7837
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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