LEADER 02455nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910973096003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674039636 010 $a0674039637 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674039636 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805530 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259721 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11244622 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259721 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10186947 035 $a(PQKB)10680716 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300756 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300756 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331343 035 $a(OCoLC)923116451 035 $a(DE-B1597)574559 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674039636 035 $a(OCoLC)1294424803 035 $a(Perlego)1147556 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805530 100 $a20020305d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTo be the poet /$fMaxine Hong Kingston 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2002 215 $a111 p. $cill 225 1 $aThe William E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780674007918 311 08$a0674007913 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tI Choose the Poet?s Life -- $t2 I Call on the Muses of Poetry, and Here?s What I Get -- $t3 Spring Harvest 330 $aI have almost finished my longbook, Maxine Hong Kingston declares. "Let my life as Poet begin.I won't be a workhorse anymore; I'll be a skylark." To Be the Poet is Kingston's manifesto, the avowal and declaration of a writer who has devoted a good part of her sixty years to writing prose, and who, over the course of this spirited and inspiring book, works out what the rest of her life will be, in poetry. 410 0$aWilliam E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization. 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aChinese American women$vBiography 606 $aPoetry$xAuthorship 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aChinese American women 615 0$aPoetry$xAuthorship. 676 $a811/.54 700 $aKingston$b Maxine Hong$0683095 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973096003321 996 $aTo be the poet$91232374 997 $aUNINA