Sunworshippers (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cathy Song
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Poem
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Sun
“Sunworshippers” is included in School Figures, a collection populated by various characters from Song's family. As the idiosyncrasy of relatives often gets on her nerves, she cannot accept them at face value and must negotiate, with herself, for ways of coming to terms with her family heritage. “Sunworshippers,” like Song's many other poems characterizing members of her family, exemplifies this position.
The poem begins with the poet's recollection of her mother's preachy lectures about sunbathers: “Who will marry you/ if your skin is sunbaked and dried up like...
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