Barbie Chang

Victoria Chang

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Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
28 December 2017

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

""With astringent understatement and wry economy, with nuance and intelligence and an enviable command of syntax and poetic line, Victoria Chang dissects the venerable practices of cultural piety and self-regard. She is a master of the thumbnail narrative. She can wield a dark eroticism. She is determined to tackle subject matter that is not readily subdued to the proportions of lyric. Her talent is conspicuous.""-Linda Gregerson American Poets , Victoria Chang explores racial prejudice, sexual privilege, and the disillusionment of love through a reimagining of Barbie-perfect in the cultural imagination yet repeatedly falling short as she pursues the American dream. This energetic string of linked poems is full of wordplay, humor, and biting social commentary involving the quote-unquote speaker, Barbie Chang, a disillusioned Asian-American suburbanite. By turns woeful and passionate, playful and incisive, these poems reveal a voice insisting that ""even silence is not silent."" From ""Barbie Chang Lives"": Barbie Chang lives on Facebook has a house on Facebook street so she can erase herself Facebook is a country with no trees it allows her to believe people love her don't want to cover her Barbie Chang . . .

Victoria Chang is the author of three previous poetry books. In 2013, she won the PEN Center USA Literary Award and a California Book Award. Chang teaches poetry at Chapman University and lives in Southern California.

By: Victoria Chang
Imprint: Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9781556595165
ISBN 10: 1556595166
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 28 December 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Victoria Chang: Victoria Chang is the author of three previous poetry books, Circle, Salvinia Molesta, and The Boss. In 2013 she won the PEN Center USA Literary Award and a California Book Award. Ms. Chang teaches poetry at Chapman University and lives in Southern California.

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