{"product_id":"hyphen-nation-a-collection-of-written-works-2019-2025-paperback","title":"Hyphen-Nation: A Collection of Written Works: 2019-2025 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephanie Sun\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eYamu XI\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHyphen-Nation: A Chinese-American Memoir in Essays and Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"To be hyphenated is to be told you are both everything and nothing at all.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this piercing and lyrical debut, Yamu Xi unravels the paradox of belonging in America when your body is a battleground of cultures. \u003ci\u003eHyphen-Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-defying exploration of identity, stitching together raw memoir, political critique, and breathtaking poetry to examine what it means to live in the hyphen between \u003ci\u003eChinese\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough a kaleidoscope of voices, this collection asks: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you mourn a homeland you barely remember (\u003ci\u003eOn Visiting China After the Pandemic\u003c\/i\u003e)?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it cost to polish your parents' accents into palatable English (\u003ci\u003eThe Dream of My Mother\u003c\/i\u003e)?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan you love a country that treats your existence as a political equation (\u003ci\u003eAn Open Letter to the American Government\u003c\/i\u003e)?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the visceral shame of lunchbox moments (\u003ci\u003eThe Noble Four\u003c\/i\u003e) to the generational ghosts of war (\u003ci\u003eThe Visitor and The Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e), these pieces dissect the \u003cb\u003emyth of the model minority\u003c\/b\u003e with surgical precision and radical tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Ocean Vuong's poetic vulnerability and Cathy Park Hong's incisive cultural critique\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHyphen-Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the \u003cb\u003eart of survival\u003c\/b\u003e-where every essay is a fist, every poem a whispered rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinor Feelings\u003c\/i\u003e by Cathy Park Hong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous\u003c\/i\u003e by Ocean Vuong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best We Could Do\u003c\/i\u003e by Thi Bui\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875286921465,"sku":"9798287648237","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/iTs45Qa-X_9798287648237.webp?v=1787333685","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/hyphen-nation-a-collection-of-written-works-2019-2025-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}