Another Way to Dance: Contemporqary Asian Poetry from Canada and the United States
This anthology includes selected works of some of the most active and dynamic contemporary poets writing in North America. Reflecting to varying degrees sensibilities based on ancestral Asian homelands and on lives in Canada and the United States, the poetry reproduced here is of a wide-ranging appeal and refreshing modernity, depicting a shifting, kaleidoscopic landscape of cultural and spiritual heterogeneity and individual interpretations.\ Including poetry by:\ Meena Alexander, Agha...
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This anthology includes selected works of some of the most active and dynamic contemporary poets writing in North America. Reflecting to varying degrees sensibilities based on ancestral Asian homelands and on lives in Canada and the United States, the poetry reproduced here is of a wide-ranging appeal and refreshing modernity, depicting a shifting, kaleidoscopic landscape of cultural and spiritual heterogeneity and individual interpretations. Including poetry by: Meena Alexander, Agha Shahid Ali, Himani Bannerji, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Sadhu Binning, Marilyn Chin, Madeline Coopsammy, Rienzi Crusz, Cyril Dabydeen, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Ramabai Espinet, Lakshmi Gill, Kimiko Hahn, Garrett Hongo, Kevin Irie, Sally Ito, May Seung Jew, Surjeet Kalsey, Joy Kogawa, Mina Kumar, Carolyn Lei-Lanilau, Wing Tek Lum, Bhargavi Mandava, David Mura, Suniti Namjoshi, Michael Ondaatje, S Padmanab, Uma Parameswaran, Sasenarine Persaud, Ian Iqbal Rashid, Carol Roh-Spaulding, Gerry Shikatani, Cathy Song, Krisantha Sri Bhaggiyadatta, Suwanda Sugunasiri, Arthur Sze, Nguyen Chi Thien, Asoka Weerasinghe, Rita Wong, Jim Wong-Chu
IntroductionBrown Skin, What Mask?1Passion2Elephants in Heat5News of the World7Art of Pariahs8The Dacca Gauzes10A Dream of Glass Bangles11Snowmen12I See Kashmir from New Delhi at Midnight13Voyage16In This Fugitive Time17End Notes18The Blue Taj21Chinese Space22Tan Tien24Texas26A Tale27River Relations28That Woman28Rebellious Sita29Tiananmen, the Aftermath31Beijing Spring32Elegy for Chloe Nguyen33Gruel34Turtle Soup35First Hot Dog37Naomi: Lost Woman38Roots40The Second Migration41Conversations with God about my Present Whereabouts43When Adam First Touched God45Elegy for the Sun-Man's Father46The Rain Doesn't Know Me Any More48After the Snowfall49For Columbus50Declaration51My Mother53Horses in the Dark55My Sundry Life56Making Samosas57Indigo58The Brides Come to Yuba City60I, Manju62The Makers of Chili Paste64Hosay Night66In the Month of the Sturgeon Moon67Marronnage69Liz71The Man with a Mission73Time Expired74Just This74I Turn76The Crab77The Fan78A Circle of Lanterns79The Unbearable Heart80Instead of Speech81Ministry: Homage to Kilauea83Chronology85An Immigrant's Son Visits the Homeland86Flight: An Immigrant's Memory88The Camps: Burning the Dead89Hearts90Chanson92Haecceitas93Seahorse93The Poor94Woman in the Room96Snow96When I Get97Love Song from a Young Lady to an Older Gentleman98Voices of the Dead99Against the Wave100An Eclipse102Missing Basis103For a Blank Book104She Has Been Here for Three Months105Stations of Angels106Minerals from Stone107Road Building by Pick Axe108Mira Awaits Krishna in Riverside Park112Sandhana112The House was Dank and Deep113Leaving115On the Death of Gu Cheng117Parable120Hangzhou Never So Good in Oakland121The Structure of Bill Blake Within Me122Harry's China125On M Butterfly127An Image of the Good Times128The Devout Christian129Hearing Tongues132Indian Fever133Absence135Moonsweets136Desert Haiku137The Young Asian Women140The Words on My Tongue141
