Echoes Upon Echoes
New Korean American Writings
Published on 1. March 2003
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-1-889876-14-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is distributed by Temple University Press for the Asian American Writers' Workshop. In this ground-breaking collection of poetry and fiction Korean American literary artists write from and about unexpected places-landscapes and mindscapes of alienation, obsession, conflict, and belonging. They attest to the tension between habitation within and movement across strange terrains, communities, and languages. Elaine H. Kim is Professor of Asian American Studies and Associate Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California at Berkeley. She is co-author of "Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Asian American Visual Art" as well as Executive Producer of the video, "Labor Woman" (Asian Women United of California, 2002). Laura Hyun Yi Kang is Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of "Compositional Subjects: Enfiguring Asian/American Women".
Reviews / Votes
"This extraordinary collection of new voices is infused with the beauty and power of transformation. While each sensuous, intimate piece further illuminates the landscape of Korean America, woven together they rework the borders of nation, home, and self so that the very definition of 'America' is challenged and changed."-Nora Okja Keller, author of Comfort Woman and Fox Girl "Echoes Upon Echoes is evidence that, once again, the news of the demise of the English language is highly exaggerated; it is alive and well-albeit in the midst of fierce transformation and vibrant renewal-in these fine stories and poems by a new generation of Korean American writers. Editors Elaine Kim and Laura Kang should be commended for assembling such an impressive array of unexpectedly diverse and original writings. This anthology once and for all puts to rest the myth that Korean America is a singular experience."-Robert Ji-Song Ku, Professor of English and Asian American Studies, City University of New York, Hunter College "Echoes upon Echoes displays the vivid spectrum of the Korean American voice."-The Asian Reporter "...the works have a universality about them that gives them an added dimension of value...this material will appeal most to experienced readers."-KliattMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia PA
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-889876-14-6 (9781889876146)
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03/2003
Temple University Press,U.S.
€42.31
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Persons
Elaine H. Kim is Professor of Asian American Studies and Associate Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California at Berkeley. She is co-author of Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Asian American Visual Art as well as Executive Producer of the video, Labor Woman (Asian Women United of California, 2002). Laura Hyun Yi Kang is Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of Compositional Subjects: Enfiguring Asian/American Women. Contributors: Dominic Choi, Kendra Chang, Jennifer Dobbs, Zoli Kim Hall, Benjamin Han, Sasha Hom, Suil Kang, Amy Sshiwabara, Dennis Kim, Eugenia Sunhee Kim, Ikhyun Kim, Ji Sung Kim, Junse Kim, Sue Kwock Kim, Amy Krause, Julia Lee, Mijin Lee, Tina Y. Lee, N. Rain Noe, Soo Jin Oh, Hun Ohm, Frances Park, Jane Park, Ishle Yi Park, Roger Park, Daisy Chun Rhodes, Sung Rno, Sun Yung Shin, Grace Elaine Suh, Carolyn Sun, Thomas Teska, and Stephanie Uys.
Content
arrivalaN APPLE...a pLANE...hOLDING A wOMAN'S hAND - StepanieUysin america - Dennis KimMy Father's Voice - Daisy Chun RhodesBlue Fairyland - Sasha HomMilk Carton Therapy - Thomas TeskaHow Uncle Dan Got Himself a Wife - Julia LeereturnMaehyangri - Ishle Yi ParkLessons from Mr. Kim - Sun Yung ShinRed Ginger - Peggy HongMichigan Triptych, 1977-8 - Hun OhmLandscape, Five Years Later - Soo Jin Oh(words are loose) - Benjamin H. HanFriday The Day I Hate Being Korean - Dominic ChoidwellingSungbook - Suil KangThe Korean Community Garden in Queens - Sue Kwock KimAround the Block - Frances ParkA Collective Voice - Mijin LeeMeditation on Andrew Wyeth's 'Christina's World' - Zoli Suek Kim HallEunice and the Center - Carolyn SuncrossingMy Mom Across America - Tina Y. LeeRest Stop - Stephanie UysNeighbors - Kendra ChungPan-America - Ikhyun KimThe Fire Tower - Eugenia Sunhee KimCure for a Swedish Fever - Jennifer Dobbsexcerpt from Hotel Normandie - James KangdescentBastard - Amy KrauseCorrosive Influence - Sung RnoFalling - Jane ParkClassification of Bones - Sasha HomHow to Live. What to Do. - Grace Elaine SuhThis poem grows smaller the more I write it. - Amy Kashiwabaraflight(untitled) - N. Rain NoeSon of Kings - Junse Kimn[prob. Alter ME chine crack, fissure] 1535 - Ikhyun KimThe Smell of Stars - Ji Sung KimThe Sardines - Roger Parkwrites of the child - Dennis Kim