Poetry Unbound

Jennifer Huang — Departure

Oct 7, 2022
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ANECDOTE

Tender Table Rituals

  • Jennifer Huang recounts childhood dinners where her father picked the best fish pieces and placed them in her bowl.
  • Those tender rituals signaled care and a private language between parent and child.
INSIGHT

Form Makes The Mundane Monumental

  • The host explains how prose poem form expands a small memory across the page to demand attention.
  • The form makes a mundane childhood moment feel consequential and hinge-like.
INSIGHT

A Small Moment As A Hinge

  • The host reads the poem as a hinge point where a child learns about receiving help and independence.
  • Small domestic scenes can reveal how bodies learn lessons and shift toward adulthood.
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