
Obit
Victoria Chang(Author)
Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
Published on 21. May 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-1-55659-574-5 (ISBN)
Description
After her mother's death, Chang wrote deep into grief by composing "obits"-from her mother's blue dress to language itself.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
191 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55659-574-5 (9781556595745)
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Born in Detroit, Michigan to Taiwanese immigrants, Victoria Chang was educated at the University of Michigan, Harvard University, and Stanford Business School and holds an MFA in poetry from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. She is the author of five books of poetry, including Circle; Salvinia Molesta; and The Boss, which received a PEN Center USA Literary Award as well as a California Book Award. Her children's picture book, Is Mommy? was named a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in Southern California with her family and serves as the Program Chair of Antioch's Low-Residency MFA Program.