National Poetry Month: Asian-American Poets to Watch – NBC News
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Chinese Immigration and Poetry at Angel Island and Ellis Island
In the early twentieth century, most Chinese immigrants coming to the United States were detained at the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay. There, they were subject to physical exams, interrogations, and long detentions aimed at upholding the exclusion laws that kept Chinese out of the country. Many detainees recorded their anger and frustrations, … Read more
Joanna Sit Releases New Poetry Book
News from The City University of New York Source: Newly-Published Faculty Work Receives Glowing Reviews – CUNY Newswire – CUNY
Abductions and The Flood: Poetry by Chiwan Choi
LA-based poet Chiwan Choi will read from and discuss his new poetry collection, Abductions, and also from his debut collection, The Flood. In Abductions, Choi sets out to write poems about aliens. According to Choi, it seemed like the hot thing to do, with zombie poems and such being published. What he ends up with is … Read more
Missing Voices: Unexplored Synergies in the Dissident Poetry of China’s Fourth Generation
Missing Voices is an anthology of English translation of some 100 contemporary poems written by China’s 21st century writers who grew up after the 1989’s student uprising. This anthology attempts to uncover the missing voices of China’s contemporary generation. At a time in Chinese history when economic progress is a global obsession, I attempt to … Read more
Illiterate Heart and Raw Silk
“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