Peach state : poems / Adrienne Su.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Su, Adrienne, 1967- author.

Series:

Pitt poetry series.

Pitt Poetry Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atlanta (Ga.)--Poetry.

Atlanta (Ga.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource 110 p..)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Peach State has its origins in Atlanta, Georgia, the author's hometown and an emblematic city of the New South, a name that reflects the American region's invigoration in recent decades by immigration and a spirit of reinvention. Focused mainly on food and cooking, these poems explore the city's transformation from the mid-twentieth century to today, as seen and shaped by Chinese Americans. The poems are set in restaurants, home kitchens, grocery stores, and the houses of friends and neighbors. Often employing forms--sonnet, villanelle, sestina, palindrome, ghazal, rhymed stanzas--they also mirror the constant negotiation with tradition that marks both immigrant and Southern experience"-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Buford Highway

Red Bean Soup

That Almond Dessert

My Life in Peaches

Personal History

Ancestors

Even When You Die and Go to Heaven, You Have to Change Planes in Atlanta

Wakefulness

Oolong

Savory versus Sweet

Doughnuts

An Hour Later, You're Hungry Again

Acknowledgments

Your Table Should be Round

Egg Roll

Across-the-Bridge Noodles

You're from the South?

Abundance

Not Dogs

Not Your Grandmother's Sunday Dinner

Correspondence

No Trespassing

Sizzling Rice Soup

I Didn't Know Aiiieeeee, But It Knew Me

Everything That Can Be Eaten

Senior Center Menu

Long-Term Care

Never Mind, Let's Go Out

Chinese Restaurant Syndrome

Xiaolongbao

Peking Duck Three Ways

Name That Restaurant

Holothurian

The Tradition

Peking Garden

Elegy for the Mall

Latin Club Always Had Pizza

Desserts and Drinks

Black Sesame

Intro

Contents

Elements

Substitutions

Ginger

My Mother's Pantry

Serve Immediately

Lychee Express

On the Recommendation That American Adults Consume No More Than One-Quarter Cup of Rice, Twice a Week

Kiwifruit

After the Dinner Party

The Jews of Kaifeng

The End of Meat

When I Said I Grew Up Speaking No Chinese, I Was Forgetting These Words

Small Eats

Instant Ramen

Chicken Corn Soup

Home Baker

Home Economics

Consomme

The Lazy Susan

White Rabbit

Tea Eggs

Peaches

Maple Syrup

The Chow-Mein Years in Atlanta

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780822988236

0822988232

OCLC:

1237411239