Going Higher: Unearthings by Wendy Chen
Chen’s sense of history is reason enough to appreciate her poetry, but equally thrilling is her language.
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Join NOW!Chen’s sense of history is reason enough to appreciate her poetry, but equally thrilling is her language.
...moreThis book will make you appreciate poetry more. And if you’re a poet, it will make you proud to be one.
...moreA poem doesn’t bring the dead back to life, but a memory has a touch of immortality: it’s a sort of recompense—forever isn’t exactly a lie, even if it’s not completely true.
...moreWhat makes Chen’s poetry so exhilarating is that these poems always have a center of gravity—the self—that keeps the many subjects they explore in orbit.
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