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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 To Gather Your Leaving : Asian Diaspora Poetry from America, Australia, UK & Europe
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'Tracking the developments of Asian diaspora poetry in America, Australia, UK and Europe, To Gather Your Leaving is a groundbreaking global anthology that explores new ways of looking at nation, culture, identity, and place. Gathered here are established and new poets who are émigrés, refugees, and descendants of Asian migrants, poets who straddle two or more languages, cultures, and places, and who question and complicate the notion of home in the age of global change and transnational crossings. The poems collected here, spanning over three decades and representing three generations, eschew straightforward answers to the questions of identity and citizenship, offering profoundly rich, diverse and moving perspectives on what it means to belong on this earth.' (Publication summary) 

Notes

  • Content indexing in process.
  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other authors in this issue includes:

    Meena Alexander

    Agha Shahid Ali

    Rick Barot

    Nick Carbo

    Victoria Chang

    Marilyn Chin

    Eric Chock

    Kimiko Hahn

    Kimiko Hahn

    Bhanu Kapil

    Myung Mi Kim

    Suji Kwock Kim

    Li-Young Lee

    Shirley Geok-lin Lim

    Wing Tek Lum

    Diana Khoi Nguyen

    Vijay Seshadri

    Cathy Song

    Sokunthary Svay

    Arthur Sze

    Bryan Thao Worra

    Pimone Triplett

    Bunkong Tuon

    Mai Der Vang

    Ocean Vuong

    Jenny Xie

    Wendy Xu

    John Yau

    Timothy Yu

Contents

* Contents derived from the
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Singapore,
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Ethos Books , 2019 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Mandalay 1985i"In our best King's English we enquire", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 290)
The Bad Women of Bangkoki"In communist Laos, where they come from", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 291)
Romeo and Juliet in Subtitlesi"Di Caprio and friends, to be Californian", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 293)
Lines from The Loveri"It was never a question of beauty but something else. Mind for example. For a long", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 295)
Vena Cavai"when it rains here", Ivy Alvarez , single work poetry (p. 298)
Breasti"my skin is written", Ivy Alvarez , single work poetry (p. 299)
Nag-aagaw-dilimi"Hold the flashlight and I’ll raise my hands, make these", Ivy Alvarez , single work poetry (p. 300)
Naging Batoi"If Medusa were Filipina, I would want her power", Ivy Alvarez , single work poetry (p. 301)
(Because I Am a Daughter) of Diasporai"and by default—", Eunice Andrada , single work poetry (p. 304)
Rearrangement, Eunice Andrada , single work poetry (p. 306)
Last Meal before Deportation, Eunice Andrada , single work poetry (p. 308)
Recognition, Eunice Andrada , single work poetry (p. 309)
Betel Nuti"The gods do not make great-grandmothers", Mona Attamimi , single work poetry (p. 312)
Drifteri"In my hard boots", Mona Attamimi , single work poetry (p. 314)
Mangosteeni"Do not say a prayer, shed a tear,", Mona Attamimi , single work poetry (p. 316)
The Messagei"The towering blaze of a bonfire, thick as hair, wind-driven,", Mona Attamimi , single work poetry (p. 317)
A Brief Guide to Hijab Fashioni"For an elegant look that won't fall apart", Maryam Azam , single work poetry (p. 320)
Places I've Prayed, Maryam Azam , single work poetry (p. 322)
Wearing a Burkini in Malaysia, Maryam Azam , single work poetry (p. 324)
That Hijabi from Strathfield Girls, Maryam Azam , single work poetry (p. 325)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • c
      Singapore,
      c
      Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      Ethos Books ,
      2019 .
      image of person or book cover 2003316047053227901.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: 662p.
      Note/s:
      • Published November 2019
      ISBN: 9789811420375
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