With poetry, child of immigrants ponders idea of home
In the beginning of her first book, “House A” (Omnidawn), Jennifer S. Cheng writes: “It is important to note that before language, children experience memories as image and sound, which is to say they experience them as poetry.” Composed of three sections, each written in a different form, “House A” reconstructs this childlike experience of the world by blending the literal and metaphorical ways in which we build our houses and our selves. The first section is a series of letters written to Mao... Читать дальше...