Mitsuye Yamada was born in Kyushu, Japan, and raised in Seattle, Washington, until the outbreak of World War II when her family was removed to a concentration camp in Idaho. Camp Notes and Other Writings recounts this experience. Yamada's poetry yields a terse blend of emotions and imagery. Her...

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Main Author:	Yamada, Mitsuye 1923- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, NJ [u.a.] Rutgers Univ. Press 1998
Edition:	1. publ.
Subjects:	Japanese American women > Literary collections Japanese Americans > Literary collections
Summary:	Mitsuye Yamada was born in Kyushu, Japan, and raised in Seattle, Washington, until the outbreak of World War II when her family was removed to a concentration camp in Idaho. Camp Notes and Other Writings recounts this experience. Yamada's poetry yields a terse blend of emotions and imagery. Her twist of words creates a twist of vision that make her poetry come alive. The weight of her cultural experience - the pain of being perceived as an outsider all of her life - permeates her work. Yamada's strength as a poet stems from the fact that she has managed to integrate both individual and collective aspects of her background, giving her poems a double impact. Her strong portrayal of individual and collective life experience stands out as a distinct thread in the fabric of contemporary literature by women. This writers poetry yields a terse blend of emotions & imagery. Her twist of words creates a twist of vision that make her poetry come alive. The weight of her cultural experience-the pain of being perceived as an outsider all of her life-permeates her work. Her strength as a poet stems from the fact that she has managed to integrate both individual & collective aspects of her background, giving her poems a double impact.
Physical Description:	56, 95 S. Ill.
ISBN:	081352606X