Monica Ong
Silent Anatomies
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Monica Ong; selected by Joy Harjo for the Kore Press
811/.6
PS3615.N54 A6 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Kore Press First Book Award for Poetry, Tucson, Arizona, 2015
1888553693
9781888553697
2015005826
902660600
OL22314376W OL30392172M
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Kore Press
"In Silent Anatomies, Monica Ong investigates cultural silences that shape the medical-emotional landscape of family diaspora, extending from China, to the Philippines, to North America. Her collection of image-poems juxtaposes diagram and diary, bearing witness to underrepresented histories of the body. Created as an assemblage of poetry, archive, and medical ephemera, she unpacks silence not only as the absence of language, but also as historical erasure, the loss of cultural memory, reconstructed truths, and ghosted identities. Writing in the voice of Medica, a daughter and witness, she questions the social hierarchies and gender roles of her upbringing, particularly their impact on women's health-seeking habits across generations. X-ray scans and anatomical drawings are rewritten to map identity and elegy, taking us to emotional landscapes in otherwise clinical spaces. Another series of apothecary bottles seek to remedy anxieties about gender, race, and even mental illness, drawing from a fusion of multi-cultural folklore and belief. With this experimental debut, Ms. Ong invites readers into her complex lineage, much of it fading, with the remains collected here as documentation of nomadic heritage, resilience, and quiet devotion. "--
Silent Anatomies
2015
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Silent Anatomies
Monica Ong; selected by Joy Harjo for the Kore Press
Kore Press First Book Award for Poetry, Tucson, Arizona, 2015
Kore Press

ol:OL30392172M
ol: OL30392172M
OL22314376W ol:OL22314376W
OL30392172M ol:OL30392172M
1888553693 isbn10:1888553693
9781888553697 isbn13:9781888553697
2015005826 lccn:2015005826
902660600 oclc:902660600
PS3615.N54 A6 2015 lcc:PS3615.N54 A6 2015
811/.6 ddc:811/.6
2015