Martin Wong: Footprints, Poems, and Leaves Tor Trade in that she defies genre

in that she defies genre

cruel but tender

Vivian sticks to her instincts

author of THE FINAL YEN and A TASTE OF HEAVEN

she suffers from hyperempathy--a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions

Martin Wong: Footprints, Poems, and Leaves Tor Trade in that she defies genreA rich and engaging facsimile of the artist's first visual poetry book, self published in 1968 The paintings of Chinese American artist Martin Wong (1946 99) are celebrated for their affecting fusion of social realism, visual language, queerness and racial identity. Footprints, Poems, and Leaves is a facsimile of his first poetry book, self published in 1968. The volume collates dozens of poems written by Wong between 1966 and 1968, a tumultuous