LEADER 02478oam 22004334a 450 001 9910961641303321 005 20230814221100.0 010 $a9781885635600 010 $a1885635605 035 $a(CKB)3840000000342620 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5288291 035 $a(OCoLC)1004981816 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse66401 035 $a(Perlego)2030946 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000342620 100 $a20170921d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWe remain traditional /$fSylvia Chan 210 $aFort Collins, Colorado $cThe Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University$d[2018] 215 $a1 online resource (101 pages) 225 1 $aThe mountain west poetry series 311 08$a9781885635594 311 08$a1885635591 330 $a"In We Remain Traditional, Sylvia Chan juxtaposes the elegy, the conflict, and the brashness of a relationship that summons wild musicality in its love and frustration. Through the speaker and Adam, the beloveds offer thirty-two consolations for the gendered history of Chinese American women--a break and affirmation of their traditions. What saves these two characters is their music--a peace treaty for the book's form or 'fractured paradise,' a language that protects and protests their bodies in Oakland, California. Marked by vulnerability and intimacy, Chan interrogates a young woman's childhood sexual abuse. In the vein of Stacy Doris and Paul Celan, Chan asks: because she is a child of violent tradition, what is her visceral grief? This is a speaker who aspires to create universal experiences for her listeners, to transform jazz into narrative. This is a wild, beautiful, and ambitious first book: Chan refuses to apologize for the terror in her conviction and compassion. To choose a man who is behind her sexual, psychological, and political exploitation is to forgive his narcissism, aggression, and addiction. To love, simply, is to live unafraid of pushing boundaries and of being happy"--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aMountain west poetry series. 606 $aAmerican poetry$y21st century 615 0$aAmerican poetry 676 $a811.54 700 $aChan$b Sylvia$f1988-$01809019 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961641303321 996 $aWe remain traditional$94359593 997 $aUNINA