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| Genre/Form: | Literary collections |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mitsuye Yamada |
| ISBN: | 081352606X 9780813526065 |
| OCLC Number: | 39556674 |
| Notes: | Originally published separately: Camp notes and other poems. San Lorenzo, Calif. : Shameless Hussy Press, c1976; and Desert run. Latham, NY : Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, c1988. |
| Description: | 95 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Camp notes and other poems -- Desert run. |
| Other Titles: | Camp notes and other poems |
Abstract:
Mitsuye Yamada was born in Kyushu, Japan, and raised in Seattle, Washington, until the outbreak of World War II when her family was removed to a concentration camp in Idaho. Camp Notes and Other Writings recounts this experience. Yamada's poetry yields a terse blend of emotions and imagery. Her twist of words creates a twist of vision that make her poetry come alive. The weight of her cultural experience - the pain of being perceived as an outsider all of her life - permeates her work. Yamada's strength as a poet stems from the fact that she has managed to integrate both individual and collective aspects of her background, giving her poems a double impact. Her strong portrayal of individual and collective life experience stands out as a distinct thread in the fabric of contemporary literature by women. This writers poetry yields a terse blend of emotions & imagery. Her twist of words creates a twist of vision that make her poetry come alive. The weight of her cultural experience-the pain of being perceived as an outsider all of her life-permeates her work. Her strength as a poet stems from the fact that she has managed to integrate both individual & collective aspects of her background, giving her poems a double impact.
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