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Marilyn Chin

Marilyn Chin has authored six poetry collections and a novel. She appears in The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Poetry and The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, among others. A Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient, she lives in San Diego, California.

Marilyn Chin

Marilyn Chin has authored six poetry collections and a novel. She appears in The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Poetry and The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, among others. A Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient, she lives in San Diego, California.

Books by Marilyn Chin

  • Hard Love Province: Poems

    Marilyn Chin

    Hardback, 2014

    Winner of the 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Poetry

    From a poet of "dazzling longing" (Los Angeles Times), a stunning new collection of haunting elegies and playful quatrains.
  • Rhapsody in Plain Yellow: Poems

    Marilyn Chin

    Paperback, 2003

    A fusion of east and west, high culture, popular culture, and ancient Chinese history mark this distinguished collection.
  • Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen: A Novel

    Marilyn Chin

    Paperback, 2009

    An uproarious debut that lays bare the complicated generational relationships of Chinese American women.
  • A Portrait of the Self as Nation: New and Selected Poems

    Marilyn Chin

    Paperback, 2020

    “Dark, playful, incisive and heartbreaking.” —San Diego Union-Tribune
  • Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen: A Novel

    Marilyn Chin

    E Book, 2009

    An uproarious debut that lays bare the complicated generational relationships of Chinese American women.
  • Hard Love Province: Poems

    Marilyn Chin

    E Book, 2014

    Winner of the 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Poetry

    From a poet of "dazzling longing" (Los Angeles Times), a stunning new collection of haunting elegies and playful quatrains.
  • Rhapsody in Plain Yellow: Poems

    Marilyn Chin

    E Book, 2018

    A fusion of east and west, high culture, popular culture, and ancient Chinese history mark this distinguished collection.
  • A Portrait of the Self as Nation: New and Selected Poems

    Marilyn Chin

    E Book, 2018

    “Dark, playful, incisive and heartbreaking.” —San Diego Union-Tribune
  • Hard Love Province: Poems

    Marilyn Chin

    Paperback, 2015

    Winner of the 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Poetry

    From a poet of "dazzling longing" (Los Angeles Times), a stunning new collection of haunting elegies and playful quatrains.
  • Sage: Poems

    Marilyn Chin

    Hardback, 2023

    A rebellious, refined, provocative, and audacious volume from award-winning poet Marilyn Chin.