Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook37 pages18 minutes
A Study Guide for Cathy Song's "Lost Sister"
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
A Study Guide for Cathy Song's "Lost Sister," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
Read more from Gale
A Study Guide for S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders A study guide for Frank Herbert's "Dune" Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Study Guide for Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for James Clavell's "Shogun" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for George Orwell's Animal Farm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for William Shakespeare's Macbeth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for John Rawls's "A Theory of Justice" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for Louis Sachar's "Holes" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: JEAN PIAGET Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for James Joyce's "James Joyce's Ulysses" Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Wole Soyinka's "Death and the King's Horsemen" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBusiness Plans Handbook: Furniture Businesses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Lois Lowry's The Giver Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: ALBERT BANDURA Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBusiness Plans Handbook: Bakery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Shirley Jackson's The Lottery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for William Shakespeare's "Othello" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for George Orwell's 1984 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Study Guide for "Postmodernism" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for Haruki Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore" Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Study Guide (New Edition) for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to A Study Guide for Cathy Song's "Lost Sister"
Related ebooks
A Study Guide for Carter Revard's "Birch Canoe" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Adrienne Rich's "Diving into the Wreck" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Carolyn Kizer's "To An Unknown Poet" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Alice Walker's "Women" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Seamus Heaney's "A Drink of Water" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Lorna Dee Cervantes's "Freeway 280" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Ezra Pound's "The River Merchant's Wife" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Yvonne Sapia's "Defining the Grateful Gesture" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for N. Scott Momaday's "To a Child Running in Canyon de Chelly" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Circuit of Apollo: Eighteenth-Century Women’s Tributes to Women Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Gary Snyder's "Anasazi" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Ruth Stone's "Another Feeling" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmong the White Moon Faces: An Asian-American Memoir of Homelands Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Study Guide for Ishion Hutchinson's "At Night Birds Hammered My Unborn" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Leslie Silko's "Story from Bear Country" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Shirley Geok-Lin Lim's "Ah Mah" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCommunication Images in Derek Walcott's Poetry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Joy Harjo's "Remember" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Leslie Marmon Silko's "Love Poem" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Marge Piercy's "To be of use" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Rosanna Warren's "Daylights" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Ellen Bryant Voigt's "The Lotus Flowers" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide (New Edition) for Rita Dove's "This Life" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Linda Pastan's "Ethics" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for N. Scott Momaday's "New World" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Fleda Brown's "The Women Who Loved Elvis All Their Lives" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Gwendolyn Brooks's "The Sonnet-Ballad" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGale Researcher Guide for: Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and American Indian Poetry in the Romantic Era Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNew Voices: Selected by Lorna Goodison, Poet Laureate of Jamaica, 2017-2020 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Robert Hass's "The World as Will and Representation" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Teaching Methods & Materials For You
Speed Reading: How to Read a Book a Day - Simple Tricks to Explode Your Reading Speed and Comprehension Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Better Grammar in 30 Minutes a Day Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5How to Take Smart Notes. One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Personal Finance for Beginners - A Simple Guide to Take Control of Your Financial Situation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour: Mind Hack, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How You Learn Is How You Live: Using Nine Ways of Learning to Transform Your Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Principles: Life and Work Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How To Do Motivational Interviewing: A guidebook for beginners Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jack Reacher Reading Order: The Complete Lee Child’s Reading List Of Jack Reacher Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How To Be Hilarious and Quick-Witted in Everyday Conversation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Competent to Counsel: Introduction to Nouthetic Counseling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Inside American Education Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers: The Secret to Loving Teens Effectively Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Science of Making Friends: Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Four-Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything You Need to Know About Personal Finance in 1000 Words Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
The Quarantine Tapes 145: Natasha Trethewey: “Contending with this immeasurable grief is what made me a writer.” 0% found this document useful387 Loving Virginia Woolf | Fashion in Literature (with Lauren S. Cardon) 0% found this document useful#34 Ellen Bass: Nourishing and Sustaining Ourselves Through Poetry 0% found this document usefulAfter the Winter Rain by Ina Coolbrith 0% found this document usefulThe Lost Journals of Sacajewea: A Discussion with Debra Magpie Earling 0% found this document usefulAmy Von Lintel, "Georgia O'Keeffe's Wartime Texas Letters" (Texas A&M UP, 2020): An interview with Amy Von Lintel 0% found this document usefulSeamus Heaney’s Afterlives: A Discussion with Joseph Nugent and Vera Kreilkamp 0% found this document usefulBetsy Bauman 0% found this document usefulBuilding the House of Knowledge (Joy Harjo) 0% found this document usefulThe Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature: An interview with Esther G. Belin and Jeff Berglund 0% found this document usefulThe Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature: An interview with Esther G. Belin and Jeff Berglund 0% found this document usefulSeamus Heaney’s Afterlives: A Discussion with Joseph Nugent and Vera Kreilkamp 0% found this document usefulTrophic Cascades with poet & gardener Camille Dungy: As another offering to all of you in your gardens… 0% found this document usefulNatalie Warren - Author of Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic: 348 0% found this document usefulBook Club: 'The Secret Lives of Church Ladies' 0% found this document useful5.1 We Have This-ness, Y’all!: A Discussion with Ocean Vuong and Amy E. Elkins 0% found this document useful
Related articles
The Newest Wave of Asian-American Writers You Should Know Literary HubArticle
The Newest Wave of Asian-American Writers You Should Know
Oct 5, 2018
6 min readThe Herd word Journal of Alta CaliforniaArticle
The Herd word
Jan 7, 2020
17 min readWith April Showers, Poetry Flowers: Three Vibrant Collections The Christian Science MonitorArticle
With April Showers, Poetry Flowers: Three Vibrant Collections
Apr 18, 2023
4 min readBehind the Scenes British Columbia HistoryArticle
Behind the Scenes
Sep 4, 2021
6 min readTommy Orange and the New Native Renaissance The Paris ReviewArticle
Tommy Orange and the New Native Renaissance
Jun 29, 2018
6 min readThe Literary Lives of Mid-Century Nuns The MillionsArticle
The Literary Lives of Mid-Century Nuns
May 8, 2023
It's time we understand why the nuns of this era were drawn to writing and publishing poetry. The post The Literary Lives of Mid-Century Nuns appeared first on The Millions.
5 min readBooks With The Most Impact British Columbia HistoryArticle
Books With The Most Impact
Dec 4, 2021
7 min readNative American Poetry Anthology Vibrates With Powerful Voices The Christian Science MonitorArticle
Native American Poetry Anthology Vibrates With Powerful Voices
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo serves as lead editor of this new collection, which showcases a range of poems as vast as the continent.
3 min read10 Wonderful Children’s Poets You Should Know Literary HubArticle
10 Wonderful Children’s Poets You Should Know
May 10, 2017
8 min readFor These Homebound Seniors, Poems Offer Food For The Soul The Christian Science MonitorArticle
For These Homebound Seniors, Poems Offer Food For The Soul
Feb 21, 2020
4 min readBooks With The Most Impact British Columbia HistoryArticle
Books With The Most Impact
Mar 15, 2023
9 min readCuration as Creation Poets & WritersArticle
Curation as Creation
Dec 12, 2018
POETS & WRITERS IS MORE than a magazine. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving creative writers. We pay fees to writers giving readings and leading workshops, provide information and advice to authors, and help them connect with one an
3 min readArt for Turbulent Times Art Guide AustraliaArticle
Art for Turbulent Times
Jan 1, 2022
3 min readPraising Connection in Poetry, Family, and Life Writer's DigestArticle
Praising Connection in Poetry, Family, and Life
Jun 12, 2023
3 min readSpotlight Lorna Goodison New InternationalistArticle
Spotlight Lorna Goodison
Dec 18, 2019
3 min readVisible & Present Art New ZealandArticle
Visible & Present
Mar 1, 2019
4 min readHow Poetry Came to Matter Again The AtlanticArticle
How Poetry Came to Matter Again
Aug 12, 2018
16 min readReading Aloud With Others Is More Important Than You Think Literary HubArticle
Reading Aloud With Others Is More Important Than You Think
Jul 25, 2017
6 min readValeria Luiselli’s Rapturous New Novel Guernica MagazineArticle
Valeria Luiselli’s Rapturous New Novel
Feb 8, 2019
3 min readQ&A NATIVE TONGUE Cowboys & IndiansArticle
Q&A NATIVE TONGUE
Dec 5, 2023
11 min readA Concordance of Stories Journal of Alta CaliforniaArticle
A Concordance of Stories
Jun 30, 2020
3 min readContextualizing the Past British Columbia HistoryArticle
Contextualizing the Past
Dec 15, 2022
3 min readWhere Is Poetry Now? The Paris ReviewArticle
Where Is Poetry Now?
Aug 15, 2018
6 min readNaming Rights Vogue AustraliaArticle
Naming Rights
Sep 13, 2020
AS THE MOVEMENT to actively recognise and remember the contributions of women continues apace worldwide, it is fitting to first look at Destiny Deacon’s Eva Johnson, writer (1994). In this work, Deacon, an accomplished KuKu and Erub/Mer artist, honou
8 min read5 Books You May Have Missed This May Literary HubArticle
5 Books You May Have Missed This May
Jun 12, 2017
4 min readA Century of Yale Younger Poets Poets & WritersArticle
A Century of Yale Younger Poets
Oct 9, 2019
This year marks the centennial of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, the oldest annual literary award in the United States. The prize, which offers publication of a debut collection by Yale University Press, has heralded the arrival of luminaries such
2 min readThe Song That Sold America to a Generation of Asian Immigrants The AtlanticArticle
The Song That Sold America to a Generation of Asian Immigrants
May 4, 2021
6 min readAnnouncing the 2019 Whiting Award Winners Literary HubArticle
Announcing the 2019 Whiting Award Winners
Mar 20, 2019
7 min readAll The Way Back New Zealand ListenerArticle
All The Way Back
Apr 8, 2024
by Stacey Teague (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $30) In her debut collection of poetry, Stacey Teague has a powerful and compelling narrative to present. With mainly Māori forebears, she was brought up in a family that did not speak Māori or tak
2 min readPlace It/Face It: Pottery by Eugene McMissick Museum, University of South Carolina (Aug 18 – Dec 15, 2018) Ceramics: Art and PerceptionArticle
Place It/Face It: Pottery by Eugene McMissick Museum, University of South Carolina (Aug 18 – Dec 15, 2018)
Sep 7, 2019
5 min read
Reviews for A Study Guide for Cathy Song's "Lost Sister"
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
A Study Guide for Cathy Song's "Lost Sister" - Gale
2
Lost Sister
Cathy Song
1983
Introduction
Lost Sister
was published in 1983 in Cathy Song’s first volume of poems, Picture Bride. Her book earned the Yale Younger Poets Award for 1983, as well as a nomination for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Poet Richard Hugo, the Yale Award judge, praised Picture Bride for its candor and generosity,
and he specifically cited Lost Sister
as an example of the way Song does not shrink from the hard realities of the societal and familial traps set for women.
In this poem, neither the daughter who stays home in China, nor the sister who leaves for the United States has found freedom. By employing images of movement and stasis, and by exploring the customs of naming and foot binding, Song attends to the Chinese woman’s struggle for identity, whether at home or on another shore.
The poem is a cameo of the struggles women in many parts of the world face in negotiating freedom and power.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Cathy Song has returned there as an adult to live and write. Thus, most of the poems in Picture Bride tell family stories that grow out of the islands’ rich soil. Some, such as Lost Sister,
reach back and across to more distant, but no less powerful stories about Song’s Chinese and Korean ancestors. Because of this, the textures and tales of the book reach far beyond family history and beyond Hawaii. In choosing Song’s book, Richard Hugo recognized its ability to express, through Hawaii’s many cultures, the stories of anyone who has struggled to survive and adapt in a new land. Picture Bride is a polyphony of voices—Korean, Chinese, Japanese—that might otherwise be silent. In particular, Lost Sister
tells the story of women who, like Cathy Song’s Chinese grandmother, face the paradoxes of freedom and
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1