An Empty House:
Korean-American Poetry
Editor: Yearn Hong Choi
ISBN-13: 9781931907491
ISBN-10: 1931907498
Order No. 1053
5.5 x 8.5, Paperback
133 pages, 2008
Literature
$14.95
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
| A sequel to Fragrance of Poetry,
a much acclaimed poetry collection, An Empty House
contains ninety-four poems by twelve Korean-American poets.
It is a work that represents significant thought, effort,
and collaboration. Poems in this volume show the breadth and
depth of Korean-American poets’ homesickness, grief,
pain, and joy of life in lyricism. With nostalgia at the heart
of their poetry, the poets sing the praise of the “dailyness
of life”—small, sparkling moments that pass every
day. They also share sorrows of the victims’ families
of the Virginia Tech rampage in April 2007 and the tragedy
of the on-going war against terror.
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ABOUT THE EDITOR
| Dr. Yearn Hong Choi
has published four poetry books in both English and Korean.
His poems have appeared in Poetry USA, PEN International,
dIS*orient, Mildred, Wyoming, Washington Post, World &
I, among others, and have been translated into Portuguese
and published in Brazil. He edited Mother and Dove,
Korean-American Poetry Anthology (Institute for Korean-American
Culture, 1997), Surfacing Sadness: A Centennial of Korean-American
Literature (Homa & Sekey Books, 2003) with Haeng Ja
Kim, and Fragrance of Poetry: Korean-American Literature
(Homa & Sekey Books, 2005). |
PRAISE FOR Fragrance of Poetry
| “Poetry that crosses cultures…
The words of these 15 Korean poets will…open cracks
in the walls that surround us. That is no mean achievement.”
— Washington Times
“First-generation Korean immigrants sing solitude, nostalgia
& love.”
— The Korean Times
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