Civil bound
By: Myung Mi Kim
Publisher: Omnidawn Publishing; Omnidawn
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Oakland, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9781632430717
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: POETRY / General; POETRY / American / Asian American
Work titles: Poems
Description: "In Civil Bound, Myung Mi Kim turns a keen ear to language as the mechanism by which society operates. The poems engage multiple methods to make sense of this pervasive tool, its powers, nuances, and influences over the structure of our civilizations. Through investigations of ecology, capitalism, military powers, colonialization, and supremacy, the book uncovers patterns in the ways that language is active in perpetuating inequality and binding its subjects to the will of those in positions of authority. In questioning systems of oppression, the poems also offer the hope of forging new paths through the connecting power of language. Examining our participation in social contracts, communal goals, and human desires, Kim's poems encourage us to salvage language as a means of connection that binds us in respect and commitment to our fellow human beings."--