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A review by laurelinwonder
Recombinant by Ching-In Chen
5.0
“To me, poetry is a way to tell stories and represent the texture of our lives.” – Poet Ching-In Chen
Ching-In Chen's recombinant is a work of material critique, philosophically jarring in its use of syntax, sound, the erasures held in the stillness of its whitespace that again and again to mimic a historical registry. This text urges the reader to investigate female and genderqueer lineages in the context of labor smuggling and trafficking. It challenged conventional representation via photographs; newspaper articles; maps; city directories; records of immigration, birth and death; as well as scholarly research and archaeological records.
Ching-In Chen's recombinant is a work of material critique, philosophically jarring in its use of syntax, sound, the erasures held in the stillness of its whitespace that again and again to mimic a historical registry. This text urges the reader to investigate female and genderqueer lineages in the context of labor smuggling and trafficking. It challenged conventional representation via photographs; newspaper articles; maps; city directories; records of immigration, birth and death; as well as scholarly research and archaeological records.