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The Phoenix Gone, the Terrace Empty

In this dazzling collection, full of wit and energy, Marilyn Chin defines her existence as a first-generation Asian-American woman, effectively straddling two cultures. Chin spins virtuoso jazz in her juxtaposition of the contemporary with images and metaphors from Chinese tales and classic poems, creating a poetry of self that is at once ancient and contemporary, Asian and Western.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 104
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780915943876
  • Genres
  • poetry
  • Release date
  • 1994