Two Rivers: New Vietnamese Writing from America and Viet NamKevin Bowen, Ba Chung Nguyen, Frank Stewart One generation after the end of the Vietnamese-American war a period of re-examination, reflection and new dialogues has begun on both sides of the Pacific. The writing in this collection highlights some of the strongest and most thoughtful literary voices of this period. |
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... BODY TO THE SEA when I die , take my body to the sea an exile's life must end without a grave buried in a strange land a corpse may not dissolve free the soul to find its way home when I die , take my body to the sea the ebbing tide ...
... BODY TO THE SEA when I die , take my body to the sea an exile's life must end without a grave buried in a strange land a corpse may not dissolve free the soul to find its way home when I die , take my body to the sea the ebbing tide ...
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... BODIES A body floats on the river , Drying on the fields , Lying on the city's roofs , On the winding streets . A lonely body lies , Under the eave of the temple , In the city's church , On the deserted porch . Spring , these bodies ...
... BODIES A body floats on the river , Drying on the fields , Lying on the city's roofs , On the winding streets . A lonely body lies , Under the eave of the temple , In the city's church , On the deserted porch . Spring , these bodies ...
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... Bodies now are only dried bones Behind the empty alleys , On the uneven paths uphill . Tomorrow these bodies will feed ... body , So I can still spot you In a crowd of strangers ; You are like the white bird Stepping out from the bronze ...
... Bodies now are only dried bones Behind the empty alleys , On the uneven paths uphill . Tomorrow these bodies will feed ... body , So I can still spot you In a crowd of strangers ; You are like the white bird Stepping out from the bronze ...
Contents
ESSAYS | 34 |
Hilario El Carretero del Barrio | 62 |
The Legend of Chinese Poet Guo Lusheng | 105 |
Copyright | |
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