"As a child, I remember trying to understand the differences between Germany, the U.S., and the Philippines. In this poem, I explore what it was like to spend Christmas in the Philippines. In writing this, I wanted to capture that confusion and the feeling of being in this home country during the holidays, how even as a child I wanted to make sense of these disparate worlds."
Marianne Chan on "December 1998" |
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"On Hai-Dang Phan's Reenactments: Poems and Translations"
"In his debut poetry collection, Reenactments: Poems and Translations, Phan, the son of Vietnamese refugees, confronts his inheritance of Vietnam War history as a 1.5-generation Vietnamese American. Phan’s collection centers on the concept of reenactment—a recreated experience, a repeated performance, a translated act."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Amaud Jamaul Johnson on “Possum Dead”
"I’m not that old, but I’ve lived long enough to know that the lion’s share of my life is behind me. I know there are relationships I can’t hold on to, and places I can’t return to. I’m just beginning to see 'real time,' the arc of almost half a century, and how the generational waves, both violent and beautiful, define our species." |
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