{"id":6928,"date":"2016-02-08T19:02:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T00:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=6928"},"modified":"2024-08-12T11:19:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:19:55","slug":"yaya-yao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/yaya-yao\/","title":{"rendered":"Yaya Yao"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<p>Yaya Yao was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Yao is a writer, performer, and educator. In addition to poetry, Yao has written a short play and co-authored the <em>Educator&#8217;s Equity Companion Guide<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/02\/Flesh-Tongue-book-cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6929 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/02\/Flesh-Tongue-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Flesh Tongue book cover\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/02\/Flesh-Tongue-book-cover.jpg 160w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/02\/Flesh-Tongue-book-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 160px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 160\/160;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Poetry<\/h3>\n<h3>Flesh, Tongue: Poems<\/h3>\n<p>Toronto: Mawenzi House, 2015.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991006841749708636\">PS8647 .A69 F55 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n<p>In this brilliant and provocative first collection, Yaya Yao confronts her inherited fragmented self and her hunger for a home, using scraps of personal and communal memory to bridge languages, worldviews, and physical distance from her ancestral homeland. Bits of Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, and Shanghainese are translated and altered to explore the dynamics between language and identity. In this collection, Yaya Yao has created a unique and authentic voice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7579 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/Tok-Book-7-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Tok Book 7 book cover\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/Tok-Book-7-book-cover.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/Tok-Book-7-book-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/200;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Anthology (Poetry)<\/h3>\n<h3>Tok. Book 7<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991007180289708636\">PS8237 .T6 T54 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yao, Yaya. &#8220;Poems.&#8221; In <em>Tok. Book 7<\/em>, edited by Helen Walsh. Toronto: Zephyr Press, 2012, 31-35.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<p>Yaya Yao <a href=\"http:\/\/yayayao.net\/\">personal website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mawenzihouse.com\/\">Mawenzi House<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yaya Yao was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Yao is a writer, performer, and educator. In addition to poetry, Yao has written a short play and co-authored the Educator&#8217;s Equity Companion Guide. Poetry Flesh, Tongue: Poems Toronto: Mawenzi &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/yaya-yao\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6928","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6928"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18594,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6928\/revisions\/18594"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}