Author

Publication

1995 - Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, USA, Washington (State)

Language

English

Word Count

17,000 words, Guess

Page Count

68 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number95032454
  • Goodreads304287
  • LibraryThing997395

Classifications

  • DDC811/.54
  • LCCPS3562.I799 B87 1995

Description

Exploring the interlocking forces of sexuality and spirituality, *Burnt Offerings* continues the trajectory of Liu's first collection of poems, *Vox Angelica*, which won the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. Nominated for a Lambda Book Award in Gay Men's Poetry.

Description

A collection of poems by a Chinese-American from California. In Thoreau, he writes: "My father and I have no place to go. / His wife will not let us in the house / afraid of catching AIDS. She thinks / sleeping with men is more than a sin, / my father says, as we sit on the curb / in front of someone else's house. / Sixty-four years have made my father impotent. Silver roots, faded black / dye mottling his hair make him look / almost comical, as if his shame / belonged to me."

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