Should You Lose All Reason(s)

Justine Chan's debut book Should You Lose All Reason(s) is a luminous triptych of poems in which she examines her experiences as a Chinese American woman yearning for genuine belonging and connection. In conversation with a Southern Paiute folktale, these poems run off the page, exploring landscapes, cityscapes, music, exile, race, family, and resilience.

About the author

Justine Chan is a poet, writer, and singer-songwriter from Chicago. Her writing has appeared in Electric Literature, Baltimore Review, Beecher's, Booth, Poetry on Buses, Midwestern Gothic, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington and has worked many seasons as a park ranger with the National Park Service. She currently lives in Seattle.

Summary

Justine Chan's debut book Should You Lose All Reason(s) is a luminous triptych of poems in which she examines her experiences as a Chinese American woman yearning for genuine belonging and connection. In conversation with a Southern Paiute folktale, these poems run off the page, exploring landscapes, cityscapes, music, exile, race, family, and resilience.

Foreword

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Product details

• Authors: Justine Chan
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 11.04.2023
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9781634050456
• ISBN: 978-1-63405-045-6
• Pages: 108
• Subjects: POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Nature; POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places; POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family