Power Made Us Swoon
Power Made Us Swoon by Brynn Saito is a first edition poetry collection published by Red Hen Press in 2016. This 79-page work invites readers to explore the interplay of personal and historical memory through a series of narrative and lyric poems. The collection is guided by the character of the Woman Warrior, who embodies wit and resilience, as it delves into themes of family, girlhood, and the impact of historical trauma, particularly in the context of Japanese American internment.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of experiences woven throughout the poems, addressing contemporary American life and its complexities. Saito’s exploration includes reflections on car accidents, patriarchy, and the influence of media, all while examining the intergenerational effects of trauma. The collection aims to evoke wonder and vulnerability, presenting a journey toward justice through the lens of a unique voice. Power Made Us Swoon offers a thought-provoking perspective on the forces that shape identity and history in the 21st century.
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Guided by the character of the Woman Warrior–witty, swift, and ruthless in her wonder–readers of Brynn Saito’s second collection of poetry travel the terrain of personal and historical memory: narrative poems about family, farming towns, and the bravery of girlhood are interspersed with lyric poetry written from the voice of a stone found in a Japanese American internment camp during the wartime incarceration. What histories can be summoned with poetry? What are the forces shaping an American life in the 21st century? Car accidents, patriarchy, and television fall under this poet’s gaze, along with the intergenerational reverberations of historical trauma. As with The Palace of Contemplating Departure, Saito’s first award-winning collection, Power Made Us Swoon strives for wonder and speaks–in edgy and vulnerable tones–of the fraught journey toward a more just world. “Learn to lie to survive,” sings the woman warrior, “Learn to outlast the flame / learn the art of surprise.”
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