Language for a New Century

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Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond

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Language for a New Century is a landmark anthology presenting a vast collection of contemporary poetry from Asia and the Middle East. It features 400 poets from South Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Diaspora, showcasing a broad spectrum of voices—political, apolitical, monastic, and erotic. The anthology challenges longstanding traditions and expands our understanding of contemporary literature, organised thematically with insightful essays encouraging readers to reflect on identity and shared humanity.
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This anthology is ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry, global cultures, and the vibrant literary landscapes of Asia and the Middle East. It will particularly appeal to those seeking to explore diverse voices and perspectives beyond the Western canon.

A landmark anthology, providing the most ambitious, far-reaching collection of contemporary Asian and Middle Eastern poetry available.

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A landmark anthology, providing the most ambitious, far-reaching collection of contemporary Asian and Middle Eastern poetry available.

Language for a New Century celebrates the artistic and cultural forces flourishing today in the East, bringing together an unprecedented selection of works by South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian poets as well as poets living in the Diaspora. Some poets, such as Bei Dao and Mahmoud Darwish, are acclaimed worldwide, but many more will be new to the reader.

The collection includes 400 unique voices—political and apolitical, monastic and erotic—that represent a wider artistic movement challenging thousand-year-old traditions, broadening our notion of contemporary literature.

Each section of the anthology, organised by theme rather than by national affiliation, is preceded by a personal essay from the editors. These essays introduce the poetry and exhort readers to examine their own identities in light of these powerful poems. In an age of violence and terrorism, often predicated by cultural ignorance, this anthology is a bold declaration of shared humanity and devotion to the transformative power of art.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393332384

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 April 2008

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Contributors:

Edited by Tina Chang
Edited by Nathalie Handal
Edited by Ravi Shankar
Foreword by Carolyn Forché
Foreword by Carolyn Forché

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 945g

Pages: 784

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Tina Chang is the Poet Laureate of Brooklyn, New York, where she lives. New York–based poet, playwright, and writer Nathalie Handal performs and teaches worldwide. Ravi Shankar, founding editor of Drunken Boat and author of Instrumentality, lives in Connecticut. Carolyn Forché, poet, translator, and activist, is professor of English at Georgetown University. She has published two award-winning volumes of poetry, Gathering the Tribes and The Country Between Us. In 1990 Ms. Fourché received a Lannan Literary Award, granted to poets and writers of literary excellence "whose work promotes a truer understanding of contemporary life." Her most recent volume of poetry is Blue Hour.