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Obit

Obit

Current price: $17.00
Publication Date: April 7th, 2020
Publisher:
Copper Canyon Press
ISBN:
9781556595745
Pages:
120
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Description

After her mother's death, Chang wrote deep into grief by composing "obits"-from her mother's blue dress to language itself.

About the Author

Born in Detroit, Michigan to Taiwanese immigrants, Victoria Chang was educated at the University of Michigan, Harvard University, and Stanford Business School and holds an MFA in poetry from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. She is the author of five books of poetry, including Circle; Salvinia Molesta; and The Boss, which received a PEN Center USA Literary Award as well as a California Book Award. Her children's picture book, Is Mommy? was named a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in Southern California with her family and serves as the Program Chair of Antioch's Low-Residency MFA Program.