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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.

10 books
Book Cover for: Light from Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki

Light from Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki
Timothy YuTimothy Yu

@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
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Book Cover for: Tender Buttons, Gertrude Stein

Tender Buttons

Gertrude Stein
Timothy YuTimothy Yu

@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
Timothy YuTimothy Yu

@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
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The Desert

Brandon Shimoda
Timothy YuTimothy Yu

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

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Severance

Ling Ma
Timothy YuTimothy Yu

@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
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Book Cover for: Both Flesh and Not: Essays, David Foster Wallace

Both Flesh and Not: Essays

David Foster Wallace
Timothy YuTimothy Yu

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
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The Pale King

David Foster Wallace
Timothy YuTimothy Yu

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)
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Genghis Chan on Drums

John Yau
Timothy YuTimothy Yu

@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
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Book Cover for: The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems, Arthur Sze

The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems

Arthur Sze
Timothy YuTimothy Yu

@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
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Book Cover for: Diasporic Poetics: Asian Writing in the United States, Canada, and Australia, Timothy Yu

Diasporic Poetics: Asian Writing in the United States, Canada, and Australia

Timothy Yu
Timothy YuTimothy 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)
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