"Palumbo-Liu gives Huang's poetry and poetics a sympathetic hearing in this first full-length study of the poet. His critique is informed by an assiduous attention to the often obscure quotations and allusions and the interpretation of their contextual nuances. He uses traditional and contemporary Chinese literary criticism to good effect."—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society "Even as the face of the nation has been racialized, the exact nature of the implication of Asian/Americanness into white America is far from clear or stable. What Palumbo-Liu does in such an intriguing and complex way is to invite us to explore in much more detail and depth the politics of this implication."—American Studies

"Palumbo-Liu gives Huang's poetry and poetics a sympathetic hearing in this first full-length study of the poet. His critique is informed by an assiduous attention to the often obscure quotations and allusions and the interpretation of their contextual nuances. He uses traditional and contemporary Chinese literary criticism to good effect."—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society "Even as the face of the nation has been racialized, the exact nature of the implication of Asian/Americanness into white America is far from clear or stable. What Palumbo-Liu does in such an intriguing and complex way is to invite us to explore in much more detail and depth the politics of this implication."—American Studies