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Track Title
"How I Got That Name"
Description
Differs from published version.
Reader
Citation
Chin, Marilyn. A Portrait of the Self as Nation: New and Selected Poems. New York: W. W. Norton, 2018.
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Captions
"How I Got That Name"
Reader
Description
Differs from published version.
Citation
Chin, Marilyn. A Portrait of the Self as Nation: New and Selected Poems. New York: W. W. Norton, 2018.
Tags
immigration, assimilation, dramatic monologue, lineage, chinese, Chinese American, daughter, name, identity
Reading
![Marilyn Chin wears a necklace with large silver charms and a multicolored cardigan. She stands before an angled steel wall bordered by green plants, one of which has yellow flowers blooming.](/system/files/styles/scale_to_height/private/images/Marilyn%20Chin_2B.jpg?itok=o7KGGJKB)
Marilyn Chin
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela