03180cam a2200325 4500 1597204754 TxAuBib 20240913120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781619322776 1619322773 B0C3NN5GD6 Amazon 180a42db-863e-4bfc-b228-62a803316e03 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9819637 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rekdal, Paisley. West [Libby] : A Translation. Copper Canyon Press, 2023. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 15MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Poetry. HTML:<p><b>Punctuated by historical images and told through multiple voices, languages, literary forms and documents, <i>West: A Translation</i> explores what unites and divides America, drawing a powerful, necessary connection between the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943).</b><br /></p> <p>In 2018, Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal was commissioned to write a poem commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. The result is <i>West: A Translation</i>—an unflinching hybrid collection of poems and essays that draws a powerful, necessary connection between the railroad's completion and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943). Carved into the walls of the Angel Island Immigration Station, where Chinese migrants to the United States were detained during the Chinese Exclusion Act, is a poem elegizing a detainee who committed suicide. As <i>West</i> translates this anonymous Chinese elegy character by character, what's left is a haunting narrative distilled through the history and lens of transcontinental railroad workers, and a sweeping exploration of the railroad's cultural impact on America. Punctuated by historical images and told through multiple voices, languages, literary forms and documents, <i>West</i> explores what unites and divides America, and how our ideas about American history creep forward, even as the nation itself constantly threatens to spiral back.</p><i>West</i> is accompanied by a website (www.westtrain.org) which features video poems and encourages self-exploration of the transcontinental railroad's history through an interactive, non-linear structure. Pairing this urgent book and innovative website, Rekdal masterfully challenges how histories themselves get written and disseminated. The result is a tour de force of resistance and resilience. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-09-13 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=180a42db-863e-4bfc-b228-62a803316e03&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=180a42db-863e-4bfc-b228-62a803316e03&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=180a42db-863e-4bfc-b228-62a803316e03&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) BMLLS