Inheriting the War: Poetry and Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees

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Laren McClung (New York University) Yusef Komunyakaa

Inheriting the War

Poetry and Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees

Laren McClung (New York University), Yusef Komunyakaa

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WW Norton & Co
08 December 2017

Poetry anthologies; Anthologies (non-poetry); Vietnam War

"Descendants of Vietnam veterans and refugees confront the aftermath of war and, in verse and prose, deliver another kind of war story.

Fifty years after the Vietnam War, this anthology by descendants of Vietnam veterans and refugees—American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Diaspora, Hmong, Australian, and others—confronts war and its aftermath. What emerges is an affecting portrait of the effects of war and family—an intercultural, generational dialogue on silence, memory, landscape, imagination, Agent Orange, displacement, postwar trauma, and the severe realities that are carried home. Including such acclaimed voices as Viet Thanh Nguyen, Karen Russell, Terrance Hayes, Suzan-Lori Parks, Nick Flynn, and Ocean Vuong, Inheriting the War enriches the discourse of the Vietnam War and provides a collective conversation that attempts to transcend the recursion of history.

""Each unique work in Inheriting the War embraces a collective that aims to engage through some daring and passionate truths calibrated by bravery."" —Yusef Komunyakaa"

Foreword by: Yusef Komunyakaa
Edited by: Laren McClung (New York University)
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 532g
ISBN: 9780393354287
ISBN 10: 0393354288
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 08 December 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laren McClung is a poet and the author of Between Here and Monkey Mountain. She teaches at New York University.

Reviews for Inheriting the War: Poetry and Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees

[P]oignant...[Inheriting the War] reveals how psychological trauma can have ripple effects through later generations...those wishing to learn more about the Vietnam War, poetry, or transgenerational trauma will also find this an engrossing read. -- Library Journal Dense with confrontation, desperation, suffering, this volume also resonates with agency, empathy, even forgiveness. -- Booklist Inheriting the War mines...how we pursue the soul of those we love who are torn by war, and how those wounds weather our own hands and hearts. -- The Millions A perspective that is essential for all Americans to ingest. Everything in its pages...displays unflinching eloquence. There is no doubt of the importance of Inheriting the War. -- Barbara Berman - The Rumpus