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Persimmon By Li-Young Lee

egiang711 — 2024-12-03 15:30:49 UTC

Persimmon by Li-Young Lee is a poem that outlines how the Chinese immigrant who moved to America trying to adjust to their new life in America. The speaker jumps from remembering the painful memories from school to the nostalgic memories the persimmon fruit gives him.

There There By Tommy Orange

egiang711 — 2024-12-04 22:49:31 UTC

“I wrote my thesis on the inevitable influence of blood quantum policies on modern Native identity, and literature written by mixed-blood Native authors that influenced identity in Native cultures. All without knowing myself. Like I am not Native enough. I’m Native as Obama is black. It's different though. For Natives, I know. I know how to be. Every possible way I think that it might look for me to say I’m native seems wrong” (Orange 71-72 Edwin black).

There There by Tommy Orange is a story following twelve characters from native communities. All twelve are on their way to Big Oakland Powwow to tell the dangers of being an Urban Native American. The quote above is told from the perspective of Edwin black (one of the twelve characters in the story) as he tries to learn more about his native American father and his Native American heritage.

Seascapes with Father by Megan Pinto

egiang711 — 2024-12-05 00:29:42 UTC

This poem is about how a young adult from India goes to the United States to seek a higher education. Prior to going to the United States the speaker and their father had a strong bond. It was only after the speaker got back and tried to talk to his dad after being away from home their father saw them as a totally different person.

Reflection Question

egiang711 — 2024-12-08 18:57:41 UTC

How do you think cultural detachment is represented in the poems and book? Are there any similarities or differences between the 3 sources?

Curation statement

egiang711 — 2024-12-08 19:37:53 UTC