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Punctuated by historical images and told through multiple voices, languages, literary forms and documents, A Translation explores what unites and divides America, drawing a powerful, necessary connection between the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943). More about this book >
Paisley Rekdal is the author of four books of nonfiction and seven books of poetry, most recently, West: A Translation, which won the 2024 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and was Longlisted for the National Book Award. The former Utah poet laureate, she teaches at the University of Utah where she directs the American West Center.
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