Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun

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An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood

By Jackie Wang

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Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun by Jackie Wang is a captivating biography and memoir that explores themes of identity, memory, and family history. It delves into the personal journey of the author as she uncovers her ties to both her ancestors and the present world. Wang’s narrative is both intimate and reflective, offering readers an insightful look into the complexities of cultural heritage and personal discovery.
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You might enjoy this book if you are captivated by poignant explorations of identity and belonging, combined with vivid imagery and emotional depth. Written by Jackie Wang, this biography and memoir blends personal narrative with broader reflections, offering a unique perspective on family, cultural roots, and the complexities of human connection.

Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun

"The early writings of renowned poet and critical theorist Jackie Wang, drawn from her early zines, indie-lit crit, and prolific early 2000s blog."--

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The early writings of renowned poet and critical theorist Jackie Wang, drawn from her early zines, indie-lit crit, and prolific early 2000s blog.

Compiled as a field guide, travelogue, essay collection, and weather report, Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun traces Jackie Wang's trajectory from hard femme to Harvard, from dumpster dives and highway bike rides to dropping out of an MFA programme, becoming a National Book Award finalist, and writing her trenchant book Carceral Capitalism.

Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun charts the dream-seeking misadventures of an "odd girl" from Florida who emerged from punk houses and early Tumblr to become the powerful writer she is today. Anarchic and beautifully personal, Alien Daughters is a strange intellectual autobiography that demonstrates Wang's singular self-education—an early life lived where every day and every written word began like the Tarot's Fool, with a leap of faith.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781635901924

Publisher: Semiotext (E)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Semiotext (E)

Illustration: 20 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 360

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Biography & Memoir Jackie Wang Non-Fiction

About the Author

Jackie Wang is a poet, scholar, multimedia artist, and Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. She is the author of the poetry collection The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void (2021), which was a finalist for the National Book Award; the critical essay collection Carceral Capitalism (Semiotext(e), 2018); and the chapbooks The Twitter Hive Mind Is Dreaming (2018) and Tiny Spelunker of the Oneiro-Womb (2016). Her research is on racial capitalism, surveillance technology, and the political economy of prisons and police.