false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186088589m/979170.jpg 979170 1 Contained in this collection are poems and prose pieces which exhibit Barbara’s oftentimes eclectic style / sensibilities and willingness to experiment with form and language. With serious and playful poems very much rooted in San Francisco Bay Area urban and suburban cultures, settings, and vernaculars, a geographically faraway Philippines is never absent from this Pilipina American writer’s consciousness. Consistent throughout Gravities of Center are themes of longing, desire, diaspora, postcoloniality, feminism, and coming of age. 964058 2003 Gravities of Center total:9|5:5|4:3|1:1| 9 38 21 3 1 0 false false Tue Sep 08 08:09:49 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:22:23 -0700 2009
I so wanted to like it: a ph...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 09 19:45:13 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 19:49:36 -0700 2007 of poems. I simply adore '101 words that don't quite describe me', and 'sirena' (for rather obvious reasons to those who...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 20 15:22:34 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 15:30:35 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 18:42:29 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 18:42:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 18 06:43:44 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 06:43:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 18:20:47 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 18:20:47 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 03 17:59:28 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 17:59:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 12 13:26:12 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 13:26:17 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Aug 13 17:57:44 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 17:57:44 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 28 12:05:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 12:05:04 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 04 12:23:59 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 22:21:18 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Feb 14 16:34:10 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 16:34:10 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jan 15 08:21:48 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 08:21:48 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Dec 28 22:03:03 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 22:03:07 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Mon Oct 22 11:43:42 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 11:43:50 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue Sep 18 09:01:04 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 09:01:05 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Mon Aug 27 11:20:25 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 11:20:25 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 22 01:16:53 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 12:34:05 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Aug 09 12:28:15 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 01:13:34 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue Jul 31 21:16:18 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 21:16:18 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=979170