A Plucked Zither
by
Phuong Vuong
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1636280951
ISBN-13
9781636280950
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Imprint
Red Hen Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 20th, 2023
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
142 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.90 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
PoetryPoetry by individual poets
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What lingers? What is loss and regeneration after migration?
A Plucked Zither explores what happens to language and thus emotions and relationships under conditions of migration, specifically refugee migration from Vietnam, and its aftermath. Crisscrossing between making a home in the U.S. and home in Vietnam, the speaker tries non-linear, multilingual voice(s) that demonstrates the disparate nature of memory and the operation of other ways of knowing. Efforts to speak reflect the severing created by historical forces of war and imperialism, while speaking makes connection possible and remains tied to that very history. Vuong leans on the anti-war Vietnamese singer and songwriter, Trịnh Công Sơn, for a poetic lineage on grief, longing, and justice. Rather than being sunken with loss, the speaker(s) move with it, leaping across gaps.
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