Asian & Pacific Islander Voices in Verse

"This exciting anthology of work by up-and-coming writers is the first to profile a new generation of Asian American poets. Building on the legacy of now-canonized poets, such as Li-Young Lee, Cathy Song, and Garrett Hongo, who were the first to achieve widespread recognition in the American literary community, this new generation also strikes off in bold new directions. Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation gathers for the first time a broad cross section of the very best work of these young poets, much of which has never before been published or has appeared only in hard-to-find journals and first books of poetry." Contributions by: Timothy Liu, Adrienne Su, Sue Kwock Kim, Rick Barot, Brenda Shaughnessy, Mong-Lan, Lisa Asagi, Rick Barot, Nick Carbó, Jennifer Chang, Tina Chang, Oliver de la Paz, Marisa de los Santos, Brian Komei Dempster, Linh Dinh, Monica Ferrell, Cathy Park Hong, Antonio Jocson, Vandana Khanna, Warren Liu, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Rick Noguchi, Jon Pineda, Srikanth Reddy, Paisley Rekdal, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Pimone Triplett, Monica Youn, C. Dale Young.

Jeet Thayil's definitive selection covers 55 years of Indian poetry in English. It is the first anthology to represent not just the major poets of the past half-century - the canonical writers who have dominated Indian poetry and publishing since the 1950s - but also the different kinds of poetry written by an extraordinary range of younger poets who live in many countries as well as in India. It is a groundbreaking global anthology of 70 poets writing in a common language responding to shared traditions, different cultures and contrasting lives in the changing modern world." "Thayil's starting-point is Nissim Ezekiel, the first important modern Indian poet after Tagore, who published his first collection in London in 1952. Aiming for "verticality" rather than chronology, Thayil's anthology charts a poetry of astonishing volume and quality. It pays homage to major influences, including Ezekiel, Dom Moraes and Arun Kolatkar, who died within months of each other in 2004. It rediscovers forgotten figures such as Lawrence Bantleman and Gopal Honnalgere, and it serves as an introduction to the poets of the future." "The book also shows that many Indian poets were mining the rich vein of 'chutnified' (Salman Rushdie's word) Indian English long before novelists like Rushdie and Upamanyu Chatterjee started using it in their fiction. It explains why Pankaj Mishra and Amit Chaudhuri have said that Indian poetry in English has a longer, more distinguished tradition than Indian fiction in English."--Jacket. (Recommended by Qurrat ul ain Raza Abbas, MFA Creative Writing '26)

The first anthology of its kind, Indivisible brings together forty-nine American poets who trace their roots to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Featuring award-winning poets including Meena Alexander, Agha Shahid Ali, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and Vijay Seshadri, here are poets who share a long history of grappling with a multiplicity of languages, cultures, and faiths. The poems gathered here take us from basketball courts to Bollywood, from the Grand Canyon to sugar plantations, and from Hindu-Muslim riots in India to anti-immigrant attacks on the streets of post–9/11 America. Showcasing a diversity of forms, from traditional ghazals and sestinas to free verse, experimental writing, and slam poetry, Indivisible presents 141 poems by authors who are rewriting the cultural and literary landscape of their time and their place. Additional contributions by: Reetika Vazirani, Vandana Khanna, Mohammad Faisal Hadi, Maya Khosla, Tanuja Mehrotra, Bhanu Kapil, Vikas Menon, Minal Hajratwala, Sejal Shah, Amarnath Ravva, Mytili Jagannathan, Srikanth Reddy , Prageeta Sharma, Sasha Kamini Parmasad, Vivek Jain, Ro Gunetilleke, Amitava Kumar, Sachin N. Patel, Bushra Rehman, Shailja Patel, Sudeep Sen, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ravi Chandra, Ralph Nazareth, Faisal Monyuddin, Dilruba Ahmed, Pramila Venkateswaran, Bhargavi C. Mandava, Reena Naarayan, Homraj Acharya, R. Parthasarathy, Purvi Shah, Kazim Ali, Monica Ferrell, Ravi Shankar, Vinay Dharwadker, Aryanil Mukherjee, Indran Amirthanayagam, Swati Rana, Subhashini Kaligotla, Mona Ali, Jeet Thayil

For the first time, poetry, short stories, critical and creative essays, chants, and excerpts of plays by Indigenous Micronesian authors have been brought together to form a resounding—and distinctly Micronesian—voice. With over two thousand islands spread across almost three million square miles of the Pacific Ocean, Micronesia and its peoples have too often been rendered invisible and insignificant both in and out of academia. This long-awaited anthology of contemporary indigenous literature will reshape Micronesia’s historical and literary landscape. Presenting over seventy authors and one hundred pieces, Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia features nine of the thirteen basic language groups, including Palauan, Chamorro, Chuukese, I-Kiribati, Kosraean, Marshallese, Nauruan, Pohnpeian, and Yapese. Contributions by: Baltazar Aguon, Julian Aguon, Maya Alonso, Isebong Asang, Monica Dolores Baza, Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Joseph Borja, Kisha Borja-Quichocho-Calvo, Jacob Camacho, Tutii-Elbuchel I. Chilton, Nikkie de Jesus Cushing, Ruby Dediya, J. A. Dela Cruz-Smith, Christine Taitano DeLisle, Vicente M. Diaz, Canisius Tkel Filibert, Jan Furukawa, Maria Gaiyabu, Anne Perez Hattori, Mary Therese Perez Hattori, Marianna Hernandez, Angela Hoppe-Cruz, Chris Perez Howard, Josie Howard, Leonard Z. Iriarte, Mark A. Santos, Jeremy N. C. Cepeda, Lucia Itsimaera, Yolanda Joab, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Myjolynne Kim, Ronald Laguana, Rudolph Villaverde, Alamanda Roland Lauti, Selina Neirok Leem, Victoria-Lola M. Leon Guerrero, Arielle Taitano Lowe, John Mangafel, Charissa Lynn Atalig Manibusan, Clarissa Mendiola, Cita Morei, P. C. Muñoz, Leiana San Agustin Naholowa'a, Sandra Iseke Okada, Peter R. Onedera, Tony Palomo, C. T. Perez, Terry Perez, Fred Quinene, Vidalino (Vid) Staley Raatior, Hermana Ramarui, Tereeao Teingiia Ratite, Alex Rhowunio'ng, Johanna Salinas, Valentine N. Sengebau, Jelovea Seymour, Lynnsey T. Sigrah, Nedine F. Songeni, Innocenta Sound-Kikku, Lehua M. Taitano, Teweiariki Teaero, Katerina Teaiwa, Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa, Stephen Tenorio, Dickson Dalph Tiwelfil, Desiree Taimanglo Ventura, James Perez Viernes, Melvin Won Pat-Borja, Dolores Yilibuw

"Exploring the range of experiences AAPI people endure in a world shaped by colonization and white supremacy, the poems in this collection confront American militarism, reimagine lineage, celebrate queer/trans life, and reclaim indigeneity, refugeehood, and more. Drawn from a range of schools and movements, We the Gathered Heat highlights the vitality of oral traditions in contemporary AAPI literature. Intergenerational and fiercely loving, this path breaking anthology honors our literary ancestors and makes space for AAPI literary futures. " -- Provided by publisher.