This Is How the Bone Sings

Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. THIS IS HOW THE BONE SINGS by W. Todd Kaneko carries the pulse of ancient lament through the boneyards of war and unspeakable trauma. This lyric collection of profound beauty and grief reminds us to share our tales of generational trauma and topography-shaping our individual and collective memories-in place of forgotten histories.-Karen An-hwei Lee

What does it mean to be safe in America? In THIS IS HOW THE BONE SINGS, W. Todd Kaneko explores the legacy of concentration camps in the United States and how memory is carried forward. This book knows how to sing-to America, not its expected script, but the anthems of its history; and to a son, lessons on how to bring back the dead with stories, with a fading map, with birds.-Traci Brimhall

The best books about history are those that are also about the future. W. Todd Kaneko's marvelous THIS IS HOW THE BONE SINGS is more than a mere song-it is a singing across time and distance. In lyrics both personal and political, Kaneko composes a score that spans four generations, connecting his grandparents, who were prisoners in the unfathomable Minidoka concentration camps, to his young son and this unfathomable era in which he was born.-Dean Rader

To enter this book is to enter an orchard alive with memory's beasts. To read THIS IS HOW THE BONE SINGS is to witness how a poet at the height of his powers can alchemize history's violence into lyric and myth.-Brynn Saito

These are much-needed poems of unapologetic tenderness and talent-in other words, this collection does the near-impossible: it points us towards love even if what we know of this world doesn't.-Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Author: W. Todd Kaneko
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Published: 08/31/2020
Pages: 84
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9781625578181
ISBN10: 1625578180
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Asian | Japanese
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Family

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