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Erudite, complex and often experimental,
By Ravi C. (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Juvenilia (Yale Series of Younger Poets) (Paperback)
This is the 2009 winner of the prestigious Yale Younger Poets Award. Chen is currently the director of the Asian American Writers Workshop, based in New York City, but trained in Law and Business. This volume was very intriguing and soulful/mournful - I really enjoyed it!There is a very nice essay by Louise Gluck in the beginning which helped me understand some of the theoretical underpinnings of this book. However, that's not necessary to enjoy the work. I am still savoring many of the lines, such as "love wants to be unmastered." This is not political poetry - rather it's more erudite, sometimes abstract, and verging towards philosophical. I enjoyed this; however, where it fell short for me was that I don't think it made me really think and reflect more about life, as the very best poetry often does. I do expect even greater work from Chen in the future, though. This is, after all, "Juvenilia" by his own description! A remarkable juvenilia, though! Read more at: [...] See Comment. |
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Juvenilia (Yale Series of Younger Poets) by Ken Chen (Paperback - April 20, 2010)
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