MOCAREADS: Re-imagining Asian American (and American) Poetry

Admission: Free
Online reservation required.  





When will American poetry and poetics stop viewing poetry by


racialized persons as a secondary subject within the field? Dorothy J. Wang,


Professor of American Studies, makes an impassioned case that the time is now. Thinking Its Presence: Form, Race, and Subjectivity in Contemporary Asian

American Poetry calls for a radical rethinking of how American poetry is being read today. Join Dorothy

J. Wang

and contemporary Chinese American poets in a dialogue about the impact

of racial subjectivity on the conception of Asian American poetic form, craft

and aesthetic. John Yau, Marilyn

Chin

and Paolo Javier will perform original work showcasing a range of

aesthetic styles within the field of Asian American poetry, from

traditional lyric

to avant-garde.

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