Sky Country - (American Poets Continuum) by Christine Kitano (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Hungry for home and belonging, these poems re-imagine real and ideal experiences of immigration and displacement through Asian American perspectives.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><strong>Finalist for the 2018 Paterson Poetry Prize</strong> <p>Christine Kitano's second poetry collection elicits a sense of hunger--an intense longing for home and an ache for human connection. Channeling both real and imagined immigration experiences of her own family--her grandmothers, who fled Korea and Japan; and her father, a Japanese American who was incarcerated during WWII--Kitano's ambitious poetry speaks for those who have been historically silenced and displaced.</p><p><b>Christine Kitano</b>'s first collection of poetry, <i>Birds of Paradise</i>, was published by Lynx House Press. She lives in Ithaca, NY, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing, poetry, and Asian American literature at Ithaca College.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Combing cultural and personal history, Kitano is generous in revealing her family lore and the emotional politics of settlement and displacement. Meant to firmly focus and guide the reader, her poems point to the tragedies and triumphs of living in a world that creates us and destroys us, sometimes all in one day." <b>-<i>Booklist</i></b><br><br>Kitano's alluring, well-crafted poems are attuned to tragedy and loss, yet an element of wonder shines through. <b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Christine Kitano's first collection of poetry, <i>Birds of Paradise</i>, was published in 2011 by Lynx House Press. She received her BA from the University of California, her MFA from Syracuse University, and her PhD in English and Creative Writing from Texas Tech University. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, and currently lives in Ithaca, NY, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing, poetry, and Asian American literature at Ithaca College.
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