Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Toward a Sociology of the Contemporary Avant-Garde 1
5. 1. Auto Poesy: Allen Ginsberg and the Politics of Poetry 19
6. 2. Ron Silliman: The Ethnicization of the Avant-Ga 38
7. 3. Inventing a Culture: Asian American Poetry in the 1970s 73
8. 4. Audience Distant Relative: Reading Theresa Hak Kyung Cha 100
9. 5. Mr. Moto’s Monologue: John Yau and Experimental Asian American Writing 138
10. Conclusion 160
11. Notes 165
12. Bibliography 177
13. Index 185