Hybrid poetic and essay form: Offers a unique reading experience that moves between verse and prose for deeper engagement
Explores identity and adoption: Delves into the complexities of being a Korean American adoptee, providing personal and universal insights
Influences of science fiction, mythology, and cinema: Weaves in themes of cyborgs, clones, and the uncanny valley for a multidimensional narrative
Award-winning author: Written by Sun Yung Shin, a finalist for the Believer Poetry Award and winner of the 2017 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry
Format for screen readers: Accessible to visually impaired readers with proper text formatting
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Poetry by Sun Yung Shin
October 11, 2016 • 5 x 7.75 • 136 Pages • 978-1-56689-451-7
Who is guest, and who is host? Adoption, Antigone, zombies, clones, and minotaurs—all building blocks, forming and reforming our ideas.
Poetry as essay, as a way of hovering over the uncanny, sci-fi orientalism, Antigone, cyborgs, Borges, disobedience.
