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Translating Mo'um

Pages
74
Published
2002
Language
English

Synopsis

Cathy Park Hong's collection, "Translating Mo'um," offers a powerful exploration of language and identity through poetry. Her verses are sharp and insightful, confronting cultural clashes and personal struggles with ruthless honesty. Hong navigates the complexities of Korean and English, presenting a vision where language itself becomes a 'cracked' history and a source of both resentment and self-scrutiny.

About the author

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Cathy Park Hong

Cathy Park Hong is a poet and essayist best known for her collection Minor Feelings. Her work examines Asian American identity and history by mixing memoir with cultural criticism. She has also published three

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