Angels for the burning : poems / by David Mura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mura, David.

Series:

American poets continuum series ; v. 89.

American poets continuum series ; no. 89

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

119 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, 2004.

Summary:

In "Angels for the Burning," David Mura examines the experience of contemporary Asian-Americans and the various aspects of familial history between first-, second-, and third-generation Japanese-Americans. Mura believes one of poetry's tasks is to explore the challenges to our identities as we encounter various "others" and other visions of ourselves and our world. Mura's new collection of poems attempts to accomplish this task.

David Mura is a poet, nonfiction writer, critic, playwright and performance artist. His numerous awards include a Lila Wallace Readers Digest Writer's Award and two NEA fellow-ships. He has been featured in a number of PBS shows on literature, art and identity. He lives in Minneapolis, MN.

Contents:

Astronomy 11

Relocations 13

Tatsue's Prophecies 15

No Epic Song 17

Bruyeres (1944) 21

Internment Camp Psychology 23

Years Later 24

First Generation Angels 29

The Young Asian Women 31

Words on My Tongue 33

Father Blues for Jon Jang 36

The Angel of Phillips Park 40

Island Angel 41

Fong 42

In the Video Store at Chicago & Lake 43

Black Angel: Latasha Harlins 44

Minneapolis Public 49

Legend 51

Suite for Miss Saigon 53

Two Imperialist Ditties 61

Darker Desires 63

The Last Days 67

For Years 70

On the Death & Life of the Yellow Poet Daredevil at the Franklin Ave. Bridge 75

Dahmer and the Boy 77

Neuromancer Poetics 86

Hyde Park, 1950 93

Internment Epistels 95

A Winter's Tale 110.

ISBN:

1929918585

OCLC:

56198797