Five worlds from the man in the blue T-shirt
Interview with Russell C. Leong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2179721 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Locke Hart (0000-0002-9782-828X) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 826-841 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449855.2023.2262777 |
| OpenAlex | W4388572757 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This interview delves into Russell Leong’s complex coming-of-age as a Chinese American poet, influenced by US–Sino relations, the notorious Joseph McCarthy anti-Red and anti-China era of the 1950s, and the local status of being a person and writer of colour in a post-World War Two America during the past 70 years. The interview explores why Leong considers himself to be more a “man in a blue T-shirt” than a diasporic colonial in exile; how scholars in China view Chinese Americans, and Leong’s response in terms of his life, identity, and poetry; the relation between theory and practice in Leong’s work; how Chinese American works as “diasporic”; whether he was “orientalized” by studying Asian Americans; how he would characterize his own work; and how, as a fellow poet, Hart sees Leong’s work as a poet and visual artist. The interview ends with Hart’s “Musings on the Interview” and his sample close reading
Aesthetics · American poetry · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Asian americans · China · Chinese americans · Colonialism · Diaspora · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Literature · Poetry · Reading (process · Relation (database · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Poetry Analysis and Criticism · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |