Lisa Low: Replica, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Stand-up comedy, a celebrity non-apology, observations of racism, and the slipperiness of nostalgia underpin Replica . In poignant, witty poems, Lisa Low navigates the tensions of solidarity and hostility in white spaces as she sets out to write differently about race.

"The problem of being with a white man is also a problem of writing," Low states in a prose poem that turns writing about identity on its head. She peers in from the outside, as if through an open ceiling: "Like any good girl, / I became good / at watching myself." The poem itself becomes a site of investigation, reimagined as a dollhouse, a stage with props, an image the speaker wears like a bodysuit. These powerful and direct poems offer a counterpoint to constricting narratives about Asian American identity.

Sure to appeal to readers of Monica Youn and Claudia Rankine, Replicaasks what it means to represent yourself and your experiences in a world where you are indistinguishable from others.