Prairie Schooner Interviews Marilyn Chin September 27, 2012: Prairie Schooner just posted an interview with Marilyn Chin by their editor, Marianne Kunkel. Here, Chin explains the frequent use of food in her poetry: Historically, food has been a useful Chinese American trope. I never tire of using it to color my work. A dish could be tasty or foul, bitter or sweet, it could be spicy and inedible! [...] by Harriet Staff