Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation
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This exciting anthology of work by up-and-coming writers is the first to profile a new generation of Asian American poets. Building on the legacy of now-canonized poets, such as Li-Young Lee, Cathy Song, and Garrett Hongo, who were the first to achieve widespread recognition in the American literary community, this new generation also strikes off in bold new directions. Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation gathers for the first time a broad cross section of the very best work of these young poets, all under the age of forty, including Timothy Liu, Adrienne Su, Sue Kwock Kim, Rick Barot, Brenda Shaughnessy, Mong-Lan, as well as less familiar names. A foreword by Marilyn Chin puts the book in context of both Asian American national identity and history, and makes the important distinctions between generations clear. Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation opens the door on a dynamic, developing part of the poetic world, making it finally accessible to students, scholars, and poetry fans alike.
ForewordIntroductionApril 141April 151April 222Soundtrack for home movie no. 32Reading Plato5Bird notes6Bonnard's garden8Occupations9At Point Reyes10American adobo12The bronze dove14Ang Tunay Na Lalaki stalks the streets of New York16Ang Tunay Na Lalaki is baffled by cryptic messages17Ang Tunay Na Lalaki visits his favorite painting19The sign reads:20Swindled, I left everything21I remember her, a bowl of water22If there is no memory, it did not happen23What the landscape works for is what I have left25I am in unction now27Origin & ash29Invention31Fish story33Versions34Curriculum35Journal of the diabetic father36Manong Jose, while cleaning his last window before coffee, sees Fidelito and is pleased though wary39When Fidelito is the new boy at school39Grounding40Carpenter ants40Nine secrets the Recto family can't tell the boy41Rite of passage43October : one year later45First lightMarisa de los Santos46Because I love you,47Woman reading47Measure49Exposure50The pink house in four variations52The burning53The fox hole56The most beautiful word56Earth cafeteria57Longitudes59Persephone60In the grips of a sickness transmitted by wolves62In the binary alleys of the lion's virus62The fire of despair63All the aphrodisiacs64Assiduous rant65During bath67Not Henry Miller but mother68Lot's wife69The hen70Bamiyan71Early morning under persimmon73Crevecoeur76Train to Agra78Spell80The India of postcards81Two women82Alignment83The couple next door84Hanji : notes for a paper-maker86Monologue for an onion88Montage with neon, bok choi, gasoline, lovers & strangers89Coup de grace92An evening train93The assignation93Winter94Monologue with the void94Li Po declines96El nino97"Be you ever so lonesome"99Ravine101Field102Letters102Emerald world103Overhearing water105Fishbone107A Date with a cherry farmer108Mouth stories109What I learned from the Incredible Hulk110Red ghazal111The shirt his father wore that day was wrinkled, slightly112From rooftops, Kenji Takezo throws himself114The ocean inside him115With her at all times Ethel Nakano carried a sledgehammer116A man made himself a marionette117Shelter119Birthmark119Translation120This poetry121Losing a memory122Burial practice124Hotel lullaby125Circle (I)127Circle (VI)128Palinode128Stupid129Anniversary song13225% pressure133Death and the maiden138Transplanting139Hope143Dream carp145Rise148Your one good dress149Postfeminism149Panopticon150Interior with sudden joy151The English canon153Female infanticide : a guide for mothers154Savannah crabs155Wedding gifts156Bird of paradise Aubade with Bangkok etching over the bed158Comings and goings159To my cousin in Bangkok, age 16162Stillborn163Winter swim16525th & Dolores168Decor169Korean martyrs170Venice, unaccompanied170Flatlanders172The philosopher in Florida174Broughtonia175Exile176Moonlight cocktail177Invective178
