Prau

by Jean Vengua and Cleo Qian

Poetry. Asian American Studies. Buddhist Studies. Winner of the 2007 Filamore Tabios Sr. Prize, a global competition for Filipino poets, Prau is Jean Vengua's debut poetry book. While exploring the uncertainties and disjunctions of self, language, time, and desire, the book tacks back and forth between interior realms and external forces. The opening epigraph from Herman Melville's Benito Cerino hints at the extent to which these poems address the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979411920
• ISBN13: 9780979411922
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Meritage Press
• Length: 91 Pages