Language for a New Century

2008 poetry anthology

  • Tina Chang
  • Nathalie Handal
  • Ravi Shankar
LanguageEnglishPublished2008PublisherW. W. Norton & CompanyPublication placeUnited StatesPages784ISBN9780393332384OCLC263445189
Dewey Decimal
808.81

Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond is an anthology of works by South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian poets edited by Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal and Ravi Shankar, published in 2008 by W. W. Norton & Company.[1]

From the foreword, Carolyn Forché wrote, "Where else would we find poetry from a two-thousand-year-old Seal script, poetry written in the graphemic style of Sanskrit, as well as English versions of experimental poetry from the Marathi language."[2] The poet Yusef Komunyakaa called the anthology "marvelous," and historian Howard Zinn noted that "this rich collection of poetry...fills a huge gap in our cultural heritage."[3]

Contributors

In order of table of contents:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Language for a New Century". W. W. Norton & Company. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. ^ Poets, Academy of American. "Language For a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond | poets.org". poets.org. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ Poets, Academy of American. "Language For a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond | poets.org". poets.org. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ Language for a new century : contemporary poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond. Chang, Tina., Handal, Nathalie, 1969-, Shankar, Ravi, 1975- (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. 2008. ISBN 978-0-393-33238-4. OCLC 181139502.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)