Mongrel : Essays, Diatribes, Pranks
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312195133 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mongrel is a smart, witty, perceptive--and sometimes disturbing--tour through the life of a young gay man who can deliver not only careful observation and critical discussion but also a laugh or a punch on every page. He first emerged in print with Bite Hard, a 1997 collection of poetry and performance pieces that won critical and popular acclaim. As a gay Chinese American with a punk, postmodern, and perpetually impudent attitude, Chin treats his outsider role with relish and aplomb. Mongrel, an assemblage of opinion pieces and essays, brings out a radically different side of Chin's talent. Sometimes he is simply playful, as in "After Yoko" (in which he maps out various art installations with names like "Dead Fag Piece"), or deadly serious, as when he discusses, in "Dea
Colleen McMahon said Savage Humor, Serious Intent in Memorable Collection. Mongrel is an appropriate title for this collection, which covers a melange of topics and does not fit comfortably within one category. It is not humor, cultural analysis, Asian-American memoir or a queer political tome, but contans elements of all of these.In fact the blurring of categories seems deliberate, since most of the essays touch on uncomforta. A wondrous, devious little book, full of itself, yes, but Mongrel is a wondrous, devious little book, full of itself, yes, but also full of innovative insights about being a diasporic Chinese in white America and a contrarian gay in a politically correct Bay Area in love with it self too much. I especially like his wry take on Singapore as a homey mall (his first home), and on his trip through the whitey south. A Customer said Uneven, but Unpretentious Wisdom. I found that this "best of" collection lacked some connecting tissue as evidenced by the weaker pieces embedded among more memorable and noteworthy essays. Yet the book delivered what it promised: the insightful, humorous perspective of a class and race conscious social commentator. A young writer (in both age and publication track record), Chin is a ta
In a time when memoirs are often less than they claim to be and essays do not say enough, Justin Chin breaks onto the scene with a collection that is a combination of confession, tirade, journalism, and practical joke.Mongrel is a cross-section of Chin's imagination and experiences that calls into question what it means to be an Asian-American in San Francisco, the effect your family will always have on you, and the role sexuality plays in your life. A unique collection from a brash, funny new voice.. Whether it be Internet pornography or family history, Chin manages to dig deep and uncover not only the truths of everyday life, but also the absurdities that surround them.Mongrel is an exploration and distillation of the experiences and imagination of a gay Asian-American whose sensibilities were formed by the maelstrom of '80s American pop culture