Real karaoke people : poems and prose / by Ed-Bok Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Ed-Bok.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Many voices project ; no. 107.

Many voices project ; no. 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

99 pages : portrait ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Moorhead, MN : New Rivers Press, [2005]

Summary:

A dramatic debut, "Real Karaoke People" juxtaposes tradition and pop culture to bridge generations and continents in a way both heart-rending and real. Poems and prose engage readers with vivid and emotional portrayals of immigrant life and scrutinize conceptions of race, class, and ethnicity.

Through everything from frank confession to lyric verse, this collection offers an open yet often highly individual account of contemporary America and the aftermath of assimilation. At once nostalgic and critical, "Real Karaoke People" offers a gritty, honest, and compelling worldview.

Ed Bok Lee is an award-winning spoken word artist, author, playwright, and teacher. He attended kindergarten in Seoul, grew up in North Dakota and Minnesota, and has since lived in a half-dozen cities around the world.

Contents:

At Mihwangsa Temple

Sokcho in butterfly dust

Inside Lake Heron

La Vida Loca

Frozen in the sky

Fable of fruit

Our hair

Year of the dog

hole

Hungry butterflies

Dizzier days

Ars poeticana

Kimchi

Secret to life in America

That smell

Water

Skip Ching porn king

man from Guangdong

Vandalizing dreams

Riot in heaven

invisible church

Seasons of hair

Id #452-7B9

Kabuki Kong's final song

Waiting on the other side

Airport matchmaker

How they linger

Real karaoke people

Thrown.

Notes:

"Many voices project winner."

Other Format:

Online version: Lee, Ed-Bok. Real karaoke people.

ISBN:

0898232260

9780898232264

OCLC:

62231253