Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose (Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network) - Hardcover

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Celebrating the 25th anniversary of its publication, theDiasporic Vietnamese Artists Network and Texas Tech University Press are proud to release a newly updatedversion of Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose, the seminalanthology of Vietnamese American literature. Contextualized by a new forewordfrom Isabelle Thuy Pelaud and seasoned with new voices, Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose, 25th AnniversaryEdition takes its place as a generational work of eclectic and essentialvoices.

Edited by Barbara Tran, Monique Truong, and Khoi Luu,this updated edition of Watermarkcontinues to center Vietnamese American literature, whose emergence itcelebrated upon its initial publication in 1998. Again, some of the most innovativecontemporary Vietnamese American writers, such as Truong Tran, le^ thi? diê~m thu´y, and Dao Strom, explore thematic and stylistic territory previouslyoverlooked in other collections, which have traditionally focused on war. Newvoices such as Nam Le, Anvi Hoàng, and Vinh Nguyen are included in this new edition,raising the number of pieces from forty to fifty-four.

Watermark liftsall constraints, leaving the works to reset the boundaries for themselves. Andthey do—using poetry, fiction, and experimental forms to venture further intothe intricacies of the Vietnamese American psyche. A work equal measuresfoundational and pathbreaking, now available again for a new generation ofreaders—an essential collection not to be missed.

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