All that divides us : poems / / by Elinor Benedict.
Although the poems in this collection are not narrative, they do present a narrative, gradually unspooling the tale of the poet's rebel aunt, who left the family ""to marry a Chinaman"" in the 1930s. It's an old story, full of poignancy, mystery, family pride, and doubt...
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| Superior document: | May Swenson Poetry Award series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan : : Utah State University Press,, 2000. ©2000. |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | May Swenson Poetry Award series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (80 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Although the poems in this collection are not narrative, they do present a narrative, gradually unspooling the tale of the poet's rebel aunt, who left the family ""to marry a Chinaman"" in the 1930s. It's an old story, full of poignancy, mystery, family pride, and doubt. When the aunt returns to die, the poet, now grown, discovers in herself the need to reclaim the connections that her family had severed. She travels to China several times-to learn. Gradually, through wide-eyed insightful poems, we see the poet rebuild with her Chinese cousins a sense of generation, family, and humanity-b |
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| ISBN: | 1283266806 9786613266804 0874213339 |
| Access: | Open access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Elinor Benedict. |