Asian/Other: Life, Poems, and the Problem of Memoir
by Asian/Other: Life, Poems, and the Problem of Memoir
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Vidyan Ravinthiran was born in the north of England to Sri Lankan Tamils, and moved to the United States five years ago. Considering identity in both its political and psychological senses, he leaps adventurously between memoir and criticism, understanding his life through poetry, and vice versa. Ranging from Andrew Marvell to Divya Victor, Ravinthiran writes both about and through poems, discussing Sri Lanka; experiences of racism and resilience; intergenerational trauma; pandemic parenting in an autism family; relationships shaped by the internet; growing up with a speech impediment and being sent by one's aspirational brown parents to elocution lessons; and the relative invisibility of South Asians in Western television and film. This electric, compelling hybrid memoir discovers a new way of writing about the self and also literature.
Product Details
- W. W. Norton & Compan Brand
- Jan 21, 2025 Pub Date:
- 1324021322 ISBN-10:
- 9781324021322 ISBN-13:
- 272.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.3 in * 0.7 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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