I Am Homeland - by Yearn Hong Choi (Paperback)

About the Book

Poetry. Asian American Studies. "Yearn Hong Choi has gathered here a group of Korean-American poets that reflects their diversity in both real and imagined experiences. This anthology celebrates the strengths of history and culture that add so much to American literature. These brave and sensitive poems demonstrate how compelling are the aspirations that we all share. When we feel trapped in the crevice between life and death or experience the sorrows of violence and war, we treasure the beauty of those sacred moments held dear. These poems reveal the beginnings of a new life while holding onto a spiritual kinship to the homeland of their childhood."--J. Glenn Evans

Book Synopsis

Yearn Hong Choi has gathered here a group of Korean-American poets that reflects their diversity in both real and imagined experiences. This anthology celebrates the strengths of history and culture that add so much to American literature. These brave and sensitive poems demonstrate how compelling are the aspirations that we all share. When we feel trapped in the crevice between life and death or experience the sorrows of violence and war, we treasure the beauty of those sacred moments held dear. These poems reveal the beginnings of a new life while holding onto a spiritual kinship to the homeland of their childhood. Such a collection of diverse poets makes I Am Homeland a pleasure to read. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves poetry and appreciates good literature. -J. Glenn Evans, Founder/Director of PoetsWest, Poet, Novelist and Activist for a Better World.