Timothy Yu Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Poet, scholar, Cubs fan. Author of DIASPORIC POETICS, 100 CHINESE SILENCES, RACE AND THE AVANT-GARDE; editor of Cambridge Companion to 21st C American Poetry.

Light from Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki
@minhyoungsong John Yau, Genghis Chan on Drums; Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars; the reissue of Janice Mirikitani’s Awake in the River/Shedding Silence; Arthur Sze, The Glass Constellation; and if it’s recent enough, Ling Ma, Severance
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tender Buttons
Gertrude Stein
@JonathanHsy Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons, the first time I read it (before I realized it was a masterpiece).
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Tender Buttons
Gertrude Stein
@JonathanHsy Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons, the first time I read it (before I realized it was a masterpiece).
Paperback, 1997
$6.95$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Desert
Brandon Shimoda
It was a pleasure to read, think, and talk about The Desert by @brandonshimoda with Josephine Park and @Afilreis--check out our discussion here: https://t.co/AHvU2LDhuE
Paperback, 2018
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Severance
Ling Ma
@minhyoungsong John Yau, Genghis Chan on Drums; Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars; the reissue of Janice Mirikitani’s Awake in the River/Shedding Silence; Arthur Sze, The Glass Constellation; and if it’s recent enough, Ling Ma, Severance
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Both Flesh and Not: Essays
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was fascinated by professionals: athletes, journalists, accountants. But what did he think about the professionalization of fiction writers? My new article, now online in @ES_Routledge, looks at this in his essays and The Pale King. https://t.co/7YAAi3oeJb
Paperback, 2013
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Pale King
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was fascinated by professionals: athletes, journalists, accountants. But what did he think about the professionalization of fiction writers? My new article, now online in @ES_Routledge, looks at this in his essays and The Pale King. https://t.co/7YAAi3oeJb
Hardcover, Large Print, 2011
$62.00$37.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Genghis Chan on Drums
John Yau
@minhyoungsong John Yau, Genghis Chan on Drums; Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars; the reissue of Janice Mirikitani’s Awake in the River/Shedding Silence; Arthur Sze, The Glass Constellation; and if it’s recent enough, Ling Ma, Severance
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems
Arthur Sze
@minhyoungsong John Yau, Genghis Chan on Drums; Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars; the reissue of Janice Mirikitani’s Awake in the River/Shedding Silence; Arthur Sze, The Glass Constellation; and if it’s recent enough, Ling Ma, Severance
Hardcover, 2021
$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Diasporic Poetics: Asian Writing in the United States, Canada, and Australia
Timothy Yu
"The appeal of Diasporic Poetics lies in its precision of aim and efficiency in its articulations, indicating the urgency of Yu’s intervention and the ambitious scale of his vision." Thanks to @rm4p for her insightful review in @AmLitHist! https://t.co/ek0WGzPx5H
Hardcover, 2021
$98.00$73.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)