Bite Hard
The first collection by award-winning performance artist/poet Justin Chin\ In Bite Hard, poet Justin Chin explores his identity as an Asian, a gay man, an artist, and a lover. He rails against both his own life experiences and society's limitations and stereotypes with scathing humor, bare-bones honesty, and unblinking detail. Whether addressing "what really goes on in the kitchen of Chinese restaurants" or a series of ex-boyfriends, all named Michael, Chin displays his remarkable emotional...
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The first collection by award-winning performance artist/poet Justin ChinIn Bite Hard, poet Justin Chin explores his identity as an Asian, a gay man, an artist, and a lover. He rails against both his own life experiences and society's limitations and stereotypes with scathing humor, bare-bones honesty, and unblinking detail. Whether addressing "what really goes on in the kitchen of Chinese restaurants" or a series of ex-boyfriends, all named Michael, Chin displays his remarkable emotional range and voice as a poet.His raw, incantatory, stream-of-consciousness poems confront issues of race, desire, and loss with a compelling urgency that reflects his work as a performance artist, speaking directly to an audience. Throughout this collection, Chin showcases his ability to convey thought-provoking viewpoints on a variety of controversial subjects. As R. Zamora Linmark of Rolling the R's says, "He plugs the stage microphone into the page and lyrically blasts the heart of our fears, rage, and import-export nightmarish dreams".
Bitter9Communion, Said The Barfly16Fate19Risings21Flying the Red Eye24Positivity25Bestiality26The End27Pot28Night29Bangkok31Crabs From A Gun32The Ballad of Dependency33A History of Geography35Flesh/Wound38The Secret Life of Flowers41Sold47State49This Is Your Life51Tied53Bar Poem55Luck57The Bridegroom58Swoop60Bergamot62Hypothermia63Zoo Animals65Travelogue67The Only Living Man In The World69Chinese Restaurant73Why He Had To Go75Buffed Fag76Back When I Knew Who I Was77Phone Sex80Lick My Butt82Itchy85Eurodisco87These Nervous Days89Smooch91Ex-Boyfriends Named Michael93Home95Tour97Cocksucker's Blues103Pisser106Why A Boy108Postcard Angels110Chinese New Year113Refuging116
