Tina Chang
Författare till Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond
Om författaren
Tina Chang has held writing fellowships from Fundacion Valparaiso, The MacDowell Colony, the Vermont Studio Center, and Villa Montalvo.
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Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond (2008) — Redaktör — 118 exemplar
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- Chang, Tina
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- 1969
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- female
- Nationalitet
- VS
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- Oklahoma, VS
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- Queens, New York, USA
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- dichter
Poet Laureate Brooklyn (2010)
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- Sarah Lawrence College
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- 5
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- 3
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- 192
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- #113,797
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- 4.0
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- 3
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- 6
Language for a New Century is a book one could read for years, always picking up something new with each read. While the poetry gives voice to writers as far away as Palestine, Nepal, the Philippines and Ghana, the essays between sections provide great mini-lessons on why this poetry has importance to us.
Nathalie Handal, Tina Chang and Ravi Shankar provide lessons that demonstrate their thesis that "the beauty of words, they refuse boundaries. They belong everywhere." Some timely voices and great poets include, Adunis from Syria, Kofi Awoonor who sadly passed away during the terrorist attack in Kenya, Nazim Hikmet, Vikram Seth or Ha Jin.… (mer)