"Christine Kitano's second poetry collection elicits a sense of hunger-an intense longing for home and an ache
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English Year 2017
Table of contents :
Table of ContentsA Leaving ... 1ISky Country ... 3IIGaman ... 11February, 1943 ... 12Equinox ... 13I Will Explain Hope ... 14Fireflies ... 15About the Trees ... 16IIILeaving California ... 19Before the Divorce, a Dry Thunderstorm ... 20Ancestors ... 21Lucky Come Hawai`i ... 22Summer: Insomniac Stages Her Love ... 23Monologue of the Dental Assistant ... 24Insomniac in Winter ... 26Monologue of the Fat Girl ... 27Insomniac in Spring ... 29Choose Your Own Adventure: Go South ... 30Insomniac in Fall ... 31Worship ... 32Insomniac Starts an Exercise Routine ... 33IVYears Later, Washing Dishes, A Vision ... 35The Night Before Your 28th Birthday ... 36Roofing ... 37Bring in the Flowers Before the Santa Anas ... 38Autobiography of the Poet at Sixteen ... 39A Story With No Moral ... 41Friday Night Affair ... 46V1942: In Response to Executive Order 9066 ... 48Grandmother Tells Me a Story: Passing the Lake, Korea, 1952 ... 49Chicken Soup ... 50Persimmons ... 52Earthquake Drills ... 53For the Korean Grandmother on Sunset Boulevard ... 54