Black Dog, Black Night

The poems inBlack Dog, Black Nighthighlight an aspect of Vietnamese verse previously unfamiliar to American readers: its remarkable contemporary voices. Celebrating Vietnam's diverse and thriving literary culture, the poems collected here combine elements of French Romanticism, Russian Expressionism, American Modernism, and native folk stories into a Vietnamese poetic tradition marked by vivid imagery, powerful emotions, and inventive forms. Included here are 17 postmodern and experimental Vietnamese poets, including the founding editor ofSkanky Possummagazine, as well as American poets of Vietnamese descent.Hoover, Paul is the author of 'Black Dog, Black Night', published 2008 under ISBN 9781571314307 and ISBN 157131430X.