{"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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curbstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781880684764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2002 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2002\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nguyen Ba Chung, \u0026#221;. Nhi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43132976169141,"sku":"9781880684764","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c7427c7b-445a-4349-8605-5dbdb29619e8.jpg?v=1695136913","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/six-vietnamese-poets-9781880684764","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}