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"If you cut my yellow wrists, I'll teach my yellow toes to write": Defiance, Resistance, and Body in the Poetry of Marilyn Chin

Panel: 
Poetry and Poetics III: Bodies and Forms
Abstract: 

Chin’s poems reveal the conflicting desires that the promise of “Gold Mountain” initiates. Poems such as “A Chinaman’s Chance,” “Blues on Yellow,” and “That Half Is Almost Gone” represent the body as a critical element in assimilation or resistance.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Catherine
Last Name: 
Cucinella
Institution: 
California State University, San Marcos