Verses Typhoon Yolanda

"This is a book about a destructive typhoon named Yolanda, or Haiyan, whicih caused massive damage to the Philippines in November, 2013. This is a sprawing book of poems about family, loss, art, economy, greed, love, grief, theft, miliyarism, colonialism, typhoon tourism, deforestation, stray dogs, survivors, rubble, donations, propaganda, looting, journalists, dead children, helicopters, rain, disemblowelment, black bags, conquerors, catastrophe, "the republic of the drowned" (Luisa A. Igloria). This is a book in English, Filipino, Cebuano, Waray, Hiligaynon, Bisaya. This is a book by poets who teach, poets who study, a poet who drives a tricycle for a living, poets who work for NGOs, poets who are school children. This is a book by 133 Filipino poets who live in the Philippines, the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, South Africa, elsewhere. What is diaspora but the aftermath of storm?"--Back cover.

שנה

2014

שפה

English

מהדורות

1

עמודים

220

ISBN

9780982649367

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata