Symmetry of Fish by Su Cho

Symmetry of Fish

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Symmetry of Fish

Penguin Publishing Group

Symmetry of Fish

by Su Cho

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 "All hits no skips. I was incredibly moved by these poems." --Roxane Gay, via Goodreads

From National Poetry Series winner Su Cho, chosen by Paige Lewis, a debut poetry collection about immigration, memory, and a family's lexicon

Language and lore are at the core of The Symmetry of Fish, a moving debut about coming-of-age in the middle of nowhere. With striking and tender insight, it seeks to give voice to those who have been denied their stories, and examines the way phrases and narratives are passed down through immigrant families--not diluted over time, but distilled into potency over generations. In this way, a family's language is not lost but continuously remade, hitched to new associations, and capable of blooming anew, with the power to cut across space and time to unearth buried memories. The poems in The Symmetry of Fish insist that language is first and foremost a bodily act; even if our minds can't recall a word or a definition, if we trust our mouths, expression will find us--though never quite in the forms we expect.
Book Details
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN:
9780143137252
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
80
Authors:
Su Cho
Published Date:
2022-10-11
Language:
English
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About Su Cho

Born in South Korea, Su Cho immigrated to the United States as a young child and grew up in Indiana. She holds an MFA in poetry from Indiana University and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her debut collection, The Symmetry of Fish (Penguin, 2022), won the 2021 National Poetry Series, selected by Paige Lewis. She has served as editor-in-chief of Indiana Review and Cream City Review and as a guest editor of Poetry magazine. She received a 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry.

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