ANTI

by Jade Yeung

BWR 48.2 Chapbook

Read ANTI here

In which mom asks me what I need

                              I attempt again                                             

 

A series of six Cantonese tone charts that graph the pitch and time of six tones. Cantonese transliteration is written along the pitch lines. In each subsequent chart the words, pitch lines, and axes shift and overlap.

A series of six Cantonese tone charts that graph the pitch and time of six tones. Cantonese transliteration is written along the pitch lines. In each subsequent chart the words, pitch lines, and axes shift and overlap.

 

 

*Additional audio editing provided by David M. de León.

Jade Yeung is a Toishanese American writer and artist from Brooklyn, NY. They have received support from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Community of Writers, and Fine Arts Work Center. Jade has appeared in Honey Literary, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, Kissing Dynamite, and elsewhere. They received their MFA from Rutgers University-Newark where they were a Trustee Fellow. Find them at jadeyeung.com or on Twitter and IG @jadedisk.