{"product_id":"six-vietnamese-poets-9781880684764","title":"Six Vietnamese Poets","description":"\u003ci\u003eSix Vietnamese Poets\u003c\/i\u003e brings together for the first time the works of six writers, three women and three men, who came of age during the American War in Vietnam. In their verse, contemporary readers discover the richness and diversity of Vietnamese life and literature from a bold range of poetic styles, from free verse to romantic lyric to traditional classic Vietnamese forms. This bilingual edition features poets from North and South, men and women, combat soldiers and poet-soldiers writing of life in Vietnam through the turbulent final four decades of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeaking to the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter a long night up writing poems, \u003cbr\u003e a streak of sunlight leapt into my room. \u003cbr\u003e I ran to the yard, \u003cbr\u003e running as if I were a child, \u003cbr\u003e footprints breaking the earth's first dew, \u003cbr\u003e chest brushing softly the short grass. \u003cbr\u003e Earth and sky seeped into me like wine. \u003cbr\u003e Startled, \u003cbr\u003e I saw my heart in the shape of a ploughshare resting on the earth's shoulder, \u003cbr\u003e the heart thumping, steadily ploughing into time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Lam Thi My Da\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-62304\"\u003eNguyen Ba Chung\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13366310\"\u003eÝ. Nhi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curbstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.58w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781880684764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1880684764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE001000\"\u003eAnthologies (multiple authors)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE009000\"\u003eAsian | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKEVIN BOWEN\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNGUYEN BA CHUNG \u003c\/b\u003eco-translated \u003ci\u003eDistant Road\u003c\/i\u003e by Nguyen Duy. Bowen is also the author of multiple collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eForms of Prayer at the Hotel Edison\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlaying Basketball with the Viet Cong.\u003c\/i\u003e They both live in Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curbstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44575113740525,"sku":"9781880684764","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_15b44a49-668f-42ae-a550-ba1406def5da.jpg?v=1701993343","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/six-vietnamese-poets-9781880684764","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}