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Premonitions : The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry

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Grouped in 19 poetic "zones" ranging from "Neo-Orientalist Deconstructions" to "Homoerotic Poetry," this anthology includes work from 73 poets, juxtaposing them in ways that both echo and subvert categories of theme, poetics and identity, and with a particular focus on poetry that interacts with other media. Contributors include veteran authors like Jessica Hagedorn, Lawson Fusao Inada and Kimiko Hahn, as well as new poets like R. Zamora Linmark, Barry Masuda, Evelyn Lau and Amitava Kumar, and an emerging generation of Vietnamese-American and Korean-American poets. Premonitions is the most comprehensive anthology of Asian North American poetry to date.

595 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1994

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February 6, 2009
Wow--if you're wondering how diverse Asian American poetry can be, here is your answer. This wonderfully inclusive anthology honors poets past and present. Everything from narrative, to lyric, experimental, visual, etc. is here, right here.
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April 28, 2007
Beautiful anthology of Asian/Pacific/American poetry. I don't own this, but I hae fond memories of readings related to its release, and the work within.
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May 31, 2008
This is really one of the better Asian American poetry anthologies out there, for Walter Lew's inclusion of many different, if not disparate, aesthetics.
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