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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Su, Adrienne

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ISBN10: 193314906X
ISBN13: 9781933149066
Publisher: Manic D Pr
Published: Apr 1 2006
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.48
Language: English

Su negotiates the mercurial new world of cultural commingling in witty, formally assured poems--often in elegantly accomplished forms which themselves add to the layering of cultural reference.--Mark Doty

Written in the shadow of the devastating events of 9/11, these beautifully crafted narrative poems reveal heartfelt insights into the emotional life of a contemporary woman in her late thirties--balancing marriage, motherhood, and career--as well as contemplating her experience as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, for whom ambition is a lower priority than survival. While many of these poems are about being a mother (With Children), Sanctuary is also about being the child of a mother (Escape from the Old Country). In measured lines that are often humorous (Asian Driver: The Sestina), Su explores the risks that an individual can and can't take as a member of any community: a neighborhood, a family, a racial group, a gender, a parent.

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