The language we were never taught to speak / Grace Lau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lau, Grace, 1989- author.

Series:

First poets series (Toronto, Ont.) ; 21.

First poets series ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry--21st century.

Canadian poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 81 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hamilton, ON ; Tonawanda, NY : Guernica Editions, 2021.

Summary:

"This collection of poetry explores an immigrant woman's lived experiences, from coming out to a deeply religious mother, to idolizing the "bad boy" of the NBA, to understanding how to relate to her ever-changing Chinese-Canadian identity. A meditation on family, food, and falling in love, Escape Artist reveals how the stories of immigrants in Canada contain both universal truths and singular nuances."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: When Yuhua Hamasaki Went Home

Sparks

Going Home

In the Name of Love

The Next Time You Scold My Body

Letter to Longing

How to Get over the Fear of Public Speaking

The Lies That Bind

At Your Best

Family Vacation

In a Silicon Valley Coffee Shop, Elon, Mark, and Jeff Talk about Their Dreams

21st-century Hustle Culture: Interim Research Paper

My Grief Is a Winter

3 a.m. Communion

My Grandmother's Wallpaper

My Body Is a Vessel

Ginseng, Winter Melon, Lotus Root

They Tell Me God Lives

Into the Spell

Oscar Wilde's Last Prayer

The Look of Love, as Seen by Eve Polastri

The Day Before Christmas

The Perfect Groupie

The Levity

An Old Magic

Pedicure at Pinky's

Solidarity

I Don't Hear Cantonese in Chinatown Anymore

Another god

What I Learned from Growing Plants

Escape Artist

Questions of Spirit

Red Lips

Remedy

Mi Cayito

Common Salt

I've Hung Dead Flowers

Red and Yellow

An Instruction Manual for Falling in Love

Birth/Right.

ISBN:

9781771835879

1771835877

OCLC:

1179266851