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Dandarians Poems

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ISBN-10: 157131458X

ISBN-13: 9781571314581

Edition: 2014

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In response to the English words her Japanese mother mispronounced in her youth--"danderrian"=dandelion--and other words she misunderstood in transmission from her Japanese mother, Roripaugh presents a spread of language in this collection, investigating "word betrayals," bending words to her will as she investigates communication and miscommunication through a series of prose poems. Co-opting and repurposing the language of science, of misunderstanding, of interrogation, the poems in Dandarians demonstrate the many ways we try to be understood, culminating in an experience of aural awe.Picking up on the themes of her previous three collections, Dandarians explores diaspora and hybrid…    
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Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Publication date: 8/19/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.33" tall
Weight: 0.374
Language: English