No Choice but to Follow. Linked Poems. Signed First Edition.

Toyama, Jean Yamasaki, Juliet Kono and Ann Inoshita:

ISBN 10: 0910043825 / ISBN 13: 9780910043823

Published by Honolulu: Bamboo Ridge, 2010

About this Item

152p paperback, navy cover with colour artwork, very good condition, a little light wear to cover corner, otherwise free from wear, firm binding, pages clean and bright like new, audio CD included and unused, title page bears personal inscription from one poet, excellent copy of a scarce title Language: English Weight (g): 272.

Seller Inventory # 240438

Bibliographic Details

• Title: No Choice but to Follow. Linked Poems. Signed First Edition.
• Publisher: Honolulu: Bamboo Ridge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0910043825
• ISBN 13: 9780910043823
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 272 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

Poetry. Book + CD. Asian American Studies. This collection follows a year-long poetry chain written by four gifted poets--Jean Yamasaki Toyama, Juliet S. Kono, Ann Inoshita, and Christy Passion--following the style of Japanese linked verse, completed as an online project in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Bamboo Ridge Press, Hawai'i's oldest and longest-running independent literary small press. Includes a CD of the poets reading all 48 poems, insightful commentary by each on the writing process, and an article summarizing the history of renshi. "The poems were composed through 2008; one gets a sense of seasonal and social change as well as the whole quotidian gamut of life and, also, through the device of beginning the following poem with the last line of the previous one, a sense of multiple consciences and perspectives through these four gifted and vital poets. I wholeheartedly recommend this emotionally intelligent book that teaches us to be attentively human and to celebrate or heal memories great and intimate"--Robert Sullivan.