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We live today in a world of high quantity, low quality communications, consisting of instant messaging, crass reality TV, and the daily misery of listening to others' mundane conversations as they yak into their cell phones. But even into this dark and noisy world, a little light must shine, which is one of the reasons we have poetry books.
There are not many of them, because there are not many readers of poetry left in America. This makes poetry publishing in this country a very tough business. Poets who get their works published should be congratulated. And perhaps first-generation immigrant poets who find their poems between covers should be congratulated most of all. Often, they've overcome huge language and cultural barriers that native speakers of American English haven't had to face.See the full content of this document
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Being Korean, Being American
Most first-generation Korean American poets are not so well known, nor are they as prolific as Chungmi Kim, who has published in a number of poetry m...
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