More American

De: Sharon Hashimoto

Narrado por: Sharon Hashimoto

Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Winner of the 2021 Off the Grid Poetry Prize. In MORE AMERICAN, poet Sharon Hashimoto reconstructs a collective memory, conjuring the voices of grandparents, children, soldiers, and "those left to tell." In moving detail, these poems convey the realities of assimilation, service, and internment as experienced by Japanese Americans during, and in the decades following, the Second World War. In this stunning second collection, Hashimoto reckons with the limitations of language, and by extension, notions of citizenship. She deftly sounds the dissonances in the language of loyalty and allegiance.

©2021 Sharon Hashimodo (P)2023 Sharon Hashimodo

Beautifully written poetry

Full of cultural imagery and historical content that is beautifully described. As a Japanese American woman I was delighted to find this author.