John Yau

John Yau is the author of more than two dozen books of poetry, fiction, and criticism. His most recent books of poetry include Borrowed Love Poems (Penguin) and My Heart is That Eternal Rose Tattoo (Black Sparrow Press). The Passionate Spectator, a book of essays on poetry and art, will be published by the University of Michigan Press. His next book of poems--which is not yet titled--will be published by Penguin in 2006. He was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Critical Studies at Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University).

Illiterate Heart and Raw Silk

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“Raw Silk,” is a deeply moving collection from a poet who crosses borders New York City poet Meena Alexander was born in Allahabad , India and divided her childhood between India and the Sudan . From her cross-cultural perspective Alexander writes with moving intensity of post-September 11 events as she evokes violence and civil strife, … Read more