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Replica

AvLisa Low

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Wisconsin Poetry Series

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Beskrivning

Stand-up comedy, a celebrity non-apology, observations of racism, and the slipperiness of nostalgia underpin Replica. In poignant, witty poems, Lisa Low navigates the tensions of solidarity and hostility in white spaces as she sets out to write differently about race."The problem of being with a white man is also a problem of writing," Low says in a prose poem that turns writing about identity on its head. She peers in from outside the poem, as if through an open ceiling. The poem itself becomes a site of investigation—a counterpoint to constricting narratives about Asian American identity—reimagined as a dollhouse, a stage with props, an image the speaker wears like a bodysuit. Replica asks what it means to represent yourself and your experiences in a world where you are indistinguishable from others.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-05-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:172 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Wisconsin Poetry Series
Antal sidor:96
Förlag:University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN:9780299356545

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Lisa Low is the author of Crown for the Girl Inside, winner of the Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest from YesYes Books. Her poems have appeared in Copper Nickel, Ecotone, The Massachusetts Review, Poetry, The Southern Review, and elsewhere, and her nonfiction was awarded the Gulf Coast Nonfiction Prize. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize, she earned her MFA from Indiana University and PhD from the University of Cincinnati. She lives in Chicago.

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"Low's debut collection is one of reflection, interrogation, and clarity. . . . A surprising and tremendous work." - (Booklist (starred review)) "An electric debut. . . . With incredible wit, charm, and raw emotion, Low redefines the possibilities around thinking and writing about identity and the power of representing oneself in the world. . . . An utter delight from start to finish." - (Chicago Review of Books) “The core questions of Replica—around power and proximity, interracial relationships and white guilt, and mental health—‘sing in the darkness’ in poems that quite literally take up space, that flood the whiteness of the page.” - Chet'la Sebree “Replica is a lyrical reckoning. Low unravels complex layers of selfhood through hybrid prose poems, ars poeticas, and odes, and goes all in—rattling whiteness with necessary directness.” - Jane Wong “A haunting study in self-portraiture. Low’s wry, winning humor mixes with her unsparing poignancy, bidding us to see each other, and ourselves, better.” - Philip Metres

Innehållsförteckning

Replica 1 Forty Years At Target in Bloomington Ode to Maxi Pads The Other Asian Girl Cut Dollhouse If Memory Is a House At My Uncle’s Deathbed Real Life Appearances Extraction Recurring Dreams of Marrying My Childhood Crushes from the Chinese Bible Church of Maryland My First Beet-Colored Pee 2 Mail-Order Groom People Who Look Like You 3 Aubade White Spaces Crown for the Girl Inside 4 Ars Poetica Party Anxiety Feedback Loop Ars Poetica Nine Apologies Palinode Ode to Armpit Hair Ars Poetica Acknowledgments Notes