About this book
A wide-ranging collection from a rising poet that showcases her sharp, contemporary voice
In Stem, Stella Wong intersperses lyric poems on a variety of subjects with dramatic monologues that imagine the perspectives of specific female composers, musicians, and visual artists, including Johanna Beyer, Mira Calix, Clara Rockmore, Maryanne Amacher, and Delia Derbyshire. In such lines as “let me tell you how I make myself appear / more likeable,” “as I grow older I like looking at chaos,” and “I want to propose a hike / and also propose mostly,” Wong’s style is confident and idiomatic, and by turns contemplative and carefree. Whether writing about family, intimate relationships, language, or women’s experience, Wong creates a world alive with observation and provocation, capturing the essence and the problems of life with others.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Dramatic Monologue as Beatriz Ferreyra
- On a List of Games That Buddha Would Not Play, Number 1 [He Abstains from Robbery]
- Need
- The State That Replaces Religion Doesn’t Want to Adopt a Dog with Me
- Dramatic Monologue as Laurie Spiegel
- American Horror Story
- Dramatic Monologue as Johanna Magdalena Beyer
- Dramatic Monologue as Wendy Carlos
- Briny
- Hyperpersonal Dramatic Monologue as Holly Herndon
- Dissection
- Response to a Tracklist from God Quarantining with His Ex
- Ars Poetica
- Dramatic Monologue as Mira Calix
- On a List of Games That Buddha Would Not Play, Number 18
- Batshit
- Bottom
- Scorpion W2
- False Pink Reds Translate No Good Wins
- On a List of Games That Buddha Would Not Play
- Manifold
- Dramatic Monologue as Pauline Oliveros
- Colony
- Dramatic Avowals as Sophie
- Keeper
- Farewell My Cucumber
- Incline
- Shine
- The Pits
- Dramatic Monologue as Clara Rockmore
- Fare
- Dramatic Monologue as Suzanne Ciani
- Dramatic Monologue as claire rousay
- Morel
- On a List of Games That Buddha Would Not Play, Number 12
- Dramatic Monologue as Annea Lockwood
- Chinese Remainder Theorem
- If Neo Has a Belly Button Who’s on the Other End of the Umbilical Cord
- Dramatic Monologue as Maryanne Amacher
- Capsicum Chinense
- Dramatic Monologue as Delia Derbyshire
- Acknowledgments
- Series List
