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Paradiso Diaspora

3.6/5 ( ratings)

As the anagram of its title suggests, the poems, prose, lyrics, and memoir in John Yau’s new collection focus on an inescapable duality. It is the duality of living in both painted gardens and in the shadows of historic events that sweep one along. Yau explores the language of telling, of biography, auto and otherwise, of landscapes that are simultaneously imaginary and real, of ways to enter and leave “the kingdom of poetry.” This is a book of displacements and unpredictable associations, of “last confessions” and “coming attractions,” at once haunted and haunting.

Language: English

Pages: 112

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: June 27, 2006

ISBN: 0143037153

ISBN 13: 9780143037156

Paradiso Diaspora

3.6/5 ( ratings)

As the anagram of its title suggests, the poems, prose, lyrics, and memoir in John Yau’s new collection focus on an inescapable duality. It is the duality of living in both painted gardens and in the shadows of historic events that sweep one along. Yau explores the language of telling, of biography, auto and otherwise, of landscapes that are simultaneously imaginary and real, of ways to enter and leave “the kingdom of poetry.” This is a book of displacements and unpredictable associations, of “last confessions” and “coming attractions,” at once haunted and haunting.

Language: English

Pages: 112

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: June 27, 2006

ISBN: 0143037153

ISBN 13: 9780143037156

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