Find me as the creature I am : poems / Emily Jungmin Yoon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoon, Emily Jungmin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions--Poetry.

Emotions.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry

Poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 67 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Summary:

"Find Me as the Creature I Am is a book full of tenderness and violence, longing and love. Ranging from inherited family tales, to meditations on the body, to the ways animals display love and grief alike, Emily Jungmin Yoon holds a mirror up to humanity to show that we are animal, too. In poems full of wonder and want, she showcases our tendencies to fight or fly, act with affection and cruelty, and ultimately, overflow with life itself. "And when I say we are beasts, / is that a metaphor?" Yoon asks, exploring the ways we-like language, like any creature-stem from our surroundings. Braiding together reflections about the natural world, family heritage, and adoration, Yoon shows that what passes between us-body-to-body, generation-to-generation-is what defines a life. Deeply felt and beautifully crafted, Find Me as the Creature I Am is a rapturous collection by a rising star in the poetry landscape"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue. What Carries Us

I. All my friends who loved trees are dead

I Close My Eyes to Paint Beauty

Love and Death Speaking at Once

The Greenland Shark

Body Of

Decency

Affection

The Blades

II. I leave Asia and become Asian

III. Litany for the Green

Elsewhere

We do not have to touch everything we love

In all the futures

In the age of goodbyes I

Related Matters

Gray Areas

Mudflat Story

Gala

Evolution

Vow

Epilogue. Next Lives.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso.

ISBN:

9780593801185

0593801180

OCLC:

1415893509