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'Contemporary Asian Australian Poets Student Book is a study of the prescribed poems of six Asian Australian poets from the 2013 poetry collection Contemporary Asian Australian Poets edited by Adam Aitken, Kim Cheng Boey, and Michelle Cahill, along with several additional texts. It has been designed to fulfil the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Standard Module A: Language, Identity and Culture.
'Students have the opportunity to engage in an enjoyable and detailed study of the ways different authors use language to reflect and shape individual and collective identity. Students will engage in close reading of the following prescribed poems:
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‘This is Where it Begins’ by Merlinda Bobis
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‘Home’ by Miriam Wei Wei Lo
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‘New Accents’ by Ouyang Yu
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‘Mother’ by Vuong Pham
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‘Circular Breathing’ by Jaya Savige
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‘Translucent Jade’ by Maureen Ten (Ten Ch’in Ü)'
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
- Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013 anthology poetry
- This Is Where It Begins 2010 single work poetry
- Home 2013 sequence poetry
- New Accents 2008 single work poetry
- Mother 2012 single work poetry
- Circular Breathing 2007 single work poetry
- Translucent Jade 2013 single work poetry