Helen Twelvetrees

Eastern Star Eastern Voices in a Norton Anthology of poetry Khademul Islam, September 19, 2008 This is a fat book. 734 pages. The new Norton anthology of poems, titled Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond published in April of this year casts a wide net. It consists of over 400 poets from 61 countries and/or territories ranging from Afghanistan to Oman, from Sudan to Korea, as well as in the diaspora in Australia, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It has been edited by Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal and Ravi Shankar, all of ... Read Full Story

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