Poetry by Sun Yung Shin
August 28, 2012 • 5.5 x 8.2 • 114 pages • 978-1-56689-314-5
Spirited and restlessly imaginative, Shin’s poems weave a lyrical collage of ancient fragments, fairytale, and both Korean and American history.
These poems animate the elements of the epic poem and Korean history across a dystopian dreamscape of fairytale and folklore. Filled with pithy observations and striking lyrics, this collection explores alienation, moral isolation, and nationhood.
Rough, and Savage is a lyrical collage of ancient fragments, fairytale, and both Korean and American history that is as daring as it is restlessly imaginative.
About the Author
Sun Yung Shin is the author of poetry collections Rough, and Savage and Skirt Full of Black, which won an Asian American Literary Award. She coedited the anthology Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption, and is the author of Cooper’s Lesson, a bilingual Korean/English illustrated book for children. She’s received grants and fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bush Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, and elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis.
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