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Split by Cathy Linh Che — AMERICAN MICROREVIEWS INTERVIEWS. In a measured dirge, “Burial,” closing the second section of three in Split, Cathy Linh Che’s speaker, addressing her newly buried grandmother, gently observes, You learned that nothing stays in this life, not your daughter, not your uncle, not even the dignity of leaving this world. “Perhaps the writer’s most difficult task is to render the catastrophic linked non-stories that comprise transgenerational trauma. Cathy Linh Che’s collection Split accomplishes this nearly impossible challenge with uncommon grace and power. Each poem unwinds the cataclysm of personal wounding by making itself irresistibly beautiful.”. “Cathy Linh Che’s first collection, Split, is a brave, delicate, and terrifying account of what we do to each other. Here’s a voice that has to speak. Here’s a voice that has to speak. Split crosses borders, exposing truths and dreams, violations of body and mind, aligning them until the deep push-pull of silence and song become a bridge.

Cathy Linh Che - Press KitCathy Linh Che - Author BioCathy Linh Che - Split. Cathy Linh Che is the author of Split ( avg rating, ratings, 2. "Cathy Linh Che's first collection, Split, is a brave, delicate, and terrifying account of what we do to each other. Here's a voice that has to speak. Here's a voice that has to speak. Split crosses borders, exposing truths and dreams, violations of body and mind, aligning them until the deep push-pull of silence and song become a bridge. Cathy Linh Che is the author of Split (Alice James Books), winner of the Kundiman Poetry Prize, the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American www.doorway.ru has received awards from Poets Writers, The Fine Arts Work Center at Provincetown, and Artist Trust, among other places.

Split. Cathy Linh Che. Winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award. Academy of American Poets’ Standout Books of List. Winner of the Association for Asian American Studies Award for Best Book in Creative: Writing Poetry. “Perhaps the writer’s most difficult task is to render the catastrophic linked non-stories that comprise transgenerational trauma. Cathy Linh Che’s collection Split accomplishes this nearly impossible challenge with uncommon grace and power. Each poem unwinds the cataclysm of personal wounding by making itself irresistibly beautiful.” —LA Review. Split by Cathy Linh Che — AMERICAN MICROREVIEWS INTERVIEWS. In a measured dirge, “Burial,” closing the second section of three in Split, Cathy Linh Che’s speaker, addressing her newly buried grandmother, gently observes, You learned that nothing stays in this life, not your daughter, not your uncle, not even the dignity of leaving this world.