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DMZ Colony
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This book is ideal for readers interested in experimental poetry, postcolonial studies, Korean and Korean-American cultural narratives, and those drawn to politically charged art forms. It appeals to an audience open to hybrid literary formats and complex explorations of history and memory.
A powerful work of cultural memory that recovers voices from Korea's heartbreakingly violent postcolonial history.
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Finalist for the US National Book Award for Poetry 2020
A powerful work of cultural memory that recovers voices from Korea's heartbreakingly violent postcolonial history.
Woven from poems, prose, photographs, and drawings, Don Mee Choi's DMZ Colony is a tour de force of personal and political reckoning set over eight acts. Evincing the power of translation as a poetic device to navigate historical and linguistic borders, it explores Edward Said's notion of "the intertwined and overlapping histories" in regards to South Korea and the United States through innovative deployments of voice, story, and poetics. Like its sister book, Hardly War, it holds history accountable, its very presence a resistance to empire and a hope in humankind.
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Critics acclaim Choi's hybrid form, noting how it captures the enormity of war and history while acknowledging their elusiveness, with The New York Times Sunday Book Review highlighting her nuanced perspective. Publishers Weekly praises the playful yet complex style that innovatively challenges traditional views of the Korean War, situating Choi alongside influential Korean-American experimental poets. Her work is considered a bold and inventive continuation of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's legacy, reflecting the modern global media experience.
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ISBN: 9781940696959
Publisher: Wave Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 May 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: Wave Books
Illustration: 1 color illustration, B&W illustrations throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 171.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 152
About the Author
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Don Mee Choi is the author of Hardly War (Wave Books, 2016), The Morning News Is Exciting (Action Books, 2010), and several chapbooks and pamphlets of poems and essays. She has received a Whiting Award, Lannan Literary Fellowship, Lucien Stryk Translation Prize, and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship. She has translated several collections of Kim Hyesoon's poetry, including Autobiography of Death (New Directions, 2018), which received the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize.
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