Alan Chong Lau’s poetic memoir of his days as a produce worker in Seattle’s Chinatown reveals a microcosm of grassroots, working-class Asian America―a world where customers, workers, and fruits and vegetables intersect in exchanges that crackle with energy and brim over with humor.
With the simple profundity of a Zen koan, the poems bear witness to people’s humanity. Lau portrays in words and pictures a community in constant flux as it moves to the push and pull of immigration. Blues and Greens has a lot to say about Asian Americans. What emerges is an acutely observed, nuanced critique of where Asian Americans―native-born, refugee, and migrant―are today.
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"Filled with startling images, subtle insights, and true-to-life profundities, this long-awaited volume by this widely known and highly regarded, multifaceted artist will undoubtedly prove to be an event. It will speak to people interested in poetry, Asia, Asian America, the visual arts, multiculturalism, food, produce, sociological issues, commerce, spirituality, and just plain life in general."--Lawson Fusao Inada
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