Discover the profound depth of storytelling in Buffalo Girl, a compelling trade paperback from renowned publisher BOA Editions, released in 2023. This beautifully crafted collection of hybrid poems by Jessica Q. Stark intricately explores her mother’s challenging journey from Vietnam to the United States post-war, creating a rich tapestry of personal and cultural histories. Each poem draws parallels with the beloved fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood, expertly weaving together themes of survival, identity, and matrilineal bonds. Stark's innovative use of image-text narratives invites readers to engage with the complex moral dilemmas symbolized by the wolves within our daily lives.

Buffalo Girl invites you to delve into the unfiltered realities of women’s experiences, highlighting sexuality, resilience, and the often-unseen struggles connected to immigration. By confronting the white gaze and the violence of language, this collection stands as a powerful reclamation of voice and narrative, showcasing the burdens women carry throughout history. A must-read for poetry lovers interested in diasporic literature and feminist discourse, Buffalo Girl promises to challenge and inspire.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781950774883. Format: Trade paperback (US). Year: 2023. Publisher: BOA Editions.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781950774883
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2023
Publisher: BOA Editions


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In these hybrid poems, Jessica Q. Stark explores her mother’s fraught immigration to the United States from Vietnam at the end of war through the lens of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale.

Told through personal, national, and cultural histories, Buffalo GirlJuxtaposing the moral implications of Little Red Riding Hood with her mother's photography, Stark creates an image-text conversation that attends to the wolves lurking in the forests of our everyday lives.

Opening the whispered frames around sexuality and sex work, immersed in the unflattering symptoms of survival, Buffalo Girl burgeons with matrilineal love and corporeal rage while censuring the white gaze and the violence enacted through the English language. Here is an inversion of diasporic victimhood. Here is an unwavering attention to the burdens suffered by the women of this world. Here is a reimagination, a reclamation, a way out of the woods.