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Marilyn Chin Quotes

born 1955 United States

Marilyn Chin (陈美玲) (born in 1955) is a prominent Chinese American poet, writer, activist, and feminist, as well as an editor and Professor of English. She is well-represented in major canonical anthologies and textbooks and her work is taught all over the world.

United States
20th-century poets
Activists
Authors
Feminists

Random Marilyn Chin quote

7 quotes

I belong to the American legacy and deserve a place in it.

Interview with Asian Review of Books (2020)

Adrienne Rich believes “the poem must serve” the people. Somehow, I don’t want my poems to be relevant to only a few readers in academia.

Interview with Asian Review of Books (2020)

I hope my work will prompt someone to consider or study more about Chinese poetry.

Interview with Asian Review of Books (2020)

As a poet I believe I need to work in both Eastern and Western paradigms; I need to know both traditions.

Interview (1995)

Chinese history, Hong Kong history course through my blood.

Interview with Asian Review of Books (2020)

I believe that I am a poet of the body and of the mind and of the soul! to mimic Whitman.

Interview with Asian Review of Books (2020)

I feel that I'm a conduit for many voices. Historical voices, ancient voices, contemporary feminist voices. Women's voices mostly.

Interview (1995)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marilyn Chin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.