The History of Anonymity

This debut collection of vivid, lyrical poems explores the emotional landscape of childhood without confession and without straightforward narrative. Chang sweeps together myth and fairy tale, skirting the edges of events to focus on the psychological tenor of experience: the underpinnings of identity and the role of nature in both constructing and erasing a self. From the edge of the ocean, where things constantly shift and dissolve, through "the forest's thick, / where the trees meet the dark," to an imaginary cliffside town of fog, this book makes a journey both natural and psychological, using experiments in language and form to capture the search for personhood and place.

Author: Jennifer Chang
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 02/29/2008
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 8.61h x 5.44w x 0.28d
ISBN13: 9780820331164
ISBN10: 0820331163
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General

About the Author
Jennifer Chang's poems have appeared in "Kenyon Review," "New England Review," "New Republic," "Boston Review," and other publications. She cochairs the advisory board of Kundiman, a nonprofit organization that promotes Asian American poetry.