Black Dog, Black Night: Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry

By Paul Hoover

"A monumental contribution to international literature." --BLOOMSBURY REVIEW

Vietnam--the very word raises many associations for Westerners. Yet while the country has been ravaged by a modern history of colonialism and war, its ancient culture is rich and multilayered, and within it poetry has long had a special place.

In this groundbreaking anthology, coeditors and translators Nguyen Do and Paul Hoover present a revelatory portrait of contemporary Vietnamese poetry. What emerges from this conversation of outsiders and insiders, Vietnamese and American voices, is a worldly sensibility descended from the geographical and historical crossroads of Vietnam in the modern era. Reflecting influences as diverse as traditional folk stories and American Modernism, the twenty-one poets included in Black Dog, Black Night, many of whom have never before been published in English, introduce readers to a fresh, uncensored, and utterly unique poetic vision.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157131430X
• ISBN13: 9781571314307
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"