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This seventh volume in Vagabond’s Asia Pacific Poetry Series brings together a selection of poetry from three contemporary Vietnamese poets living in Australia: Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh Trâm. Introduced by Nguyễn Hưng Quốc and with an ‘After words’ by Nhã Thuyên, this collection opens a window on contemporary writing from the Vietnamese diaspora and insights into the evolution and realities of transnational literature. Cover art by Nguyễn Hưng Trinh. [From the publisher's website]
Notes
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Written and translated into English by the authors.
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Launched at Gleebooks on 10 October 2015 by Michael Jacklin, with readings by the three poets.
Contents
- From Diaspora to Transnationalism, single work criticism (p. 6-10)
- The Sun Stopped Wandering on Stretched Canvasi"Nomad, nomad, nomad...", single work poetry (p. 13)
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A Man Lonely, Dumb and Freei"From the long journey",
single work
poetry
(p. 14)
Note:
With title: A Man Lonely, Dumb and Free (1)
With first line: After the long journey,
- A Man Lonely, Dumb and Free (2)i"He lives alone", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Separated Loveri"outside", single work poetry (p. 16)
- You Came and Wenti"like the pushing", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Where Can a Seed Take Rooti"tell me...tell me...please", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- A Cow Wears the Hat, It Was Mei"he appeared as a cow", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Homelandi"Don't ever ask the rivers why.", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Thinking of the Creationi"Mountain clouds like silks", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Wandering Illusionsi"On days without suns", Lê Văn Tài (translator) single work poetry (p. 24)
- Mirroring My Shadow in Melbourne's Westi"I have the habit of hard-working farmer: when I see my shadow", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Buddha's Pocketi"Turning the inside to outside", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Diary No. 41i"having time,", single work poetry (p. 28)
- You Camei"As a rare shine of winter", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Raining Lipsi"concrete poem", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Autumn (composition)i"concrete poem", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Nationalismi"concrete poem", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Speech of a Poet "Ladies and gentlemen,=Kính thưa quý vị," Diễn văn của nhà thơi"Kính thưa quý vị,", Ngọc-Tuấn Hoàng (translator) single work poetry (p. 37)
- Poetry : Something Pending "There's something pending between me and the page" Thơ: cái gì lơ lửngi"Có cái gì lơ lửng giữa tôi và trang giấy", Ngọc-Tuấn Hoàng (translator) single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Three Vietnamese Voices in Australia : Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Cha : An Asian Literary Journal , April no. 39 2019;
— Review of Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh Trâm 2015 selected work poetry'Released under Vagabond Press's Asia Pacific Poetry Series, Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh Trâm is a much-needed update on the work of these three Vietnamese voices in Australian poetry, bookended by overviews from the co-editors, Nguyễn Hưng Quốc and poet/writer Nhã Thuyên. Thuyên's words breathe, creatures of elsewhere was also released by Vagabond, in 2016. Quốc is the author of, among much else, Vietnamese Literature in Australia: Politics and Poetics of Diaspora (in Vietnamese, 2013), and without question politics, poetry and diaspora are the themes which together resonate throughout the poems in this collection.' (Introduction)
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Tim Wright Reviews Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh Trâm
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , April no. 53.1 2016;
— Review of Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh Trâm 2015 selected work poetry
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Tim Wright Reviews Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh Trâm
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , April no. 53.1 2016;
— Review of Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh Trâm 2015 selected work poetry -
Three Vietnamese Voices in Australia : Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Cha : An Asian Literary Journal , April no. 39 2019;
— Review of Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh Trâm 2015 selected work poetry'Released under Vagabond Press's Asia Pacific Poetry Series, Poems of Lê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt & Phan Quỳnh Trâm is a much-needed update on the work of these three Vietnamese voices in Australian poetry, bookended by overviews from the co-editors, Nguyễn Hưng Quốc and poet/writer Nhã Thuyên. Thuyên's words breathe, creatures of elsewhere was also released by Vagabond, in 2016. Quốc is the author of, among much else, Vietnamese Literature in Australia: Politics and Poetics of Diaspora (in Vietnamese, 2013), and without question politics, poetry and diaspora are the themes which together resonate throughout the poems in this collection.' (Introduction)
