Description
Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. "THE FISH & THE DOVE considers the history of occupation, the legacy of the Korean War, and the ways in which official and institutional language of war obfuscates lived experience. In it, I bear witness to what girlhood, womanhood, and motherhood might mean in the context of family, nation, and history. The legendary Assyrian warrior goddess Semiramis haunts this book, and by giving her voice, I attempt to foreground women's experience in narratives that so often tokenize, dehumanize, and exclude them. The text is informed by and appropriates institutional language, including reports of the South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission on governmental atrocities committed during the Korean War."—Mary-Kim Arnold
Author Bio
Mary-Kim Arnold's LITANY FOR THE LONG MOMENT (Essay Press, 2018), an experimental memoir about her adoption from Korea, has been honored by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, featured in NPR's Code Switch 2018 Book Guide, and named by Entropy Magazine as one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2018. Her poems and prose have appeared in such publications as Conjunctions, Hyperallergic, Poem-a-Day, The Georgia Review, The Denver Quarterly, and The Rumpus, among others. She holds a BA and MFA from Brown University, where she currently teaches in the Nonfiction Writing Program.
Author City: PROVIDENCE, RI USA