Garrett Hongo: Lecture
Garrett Hongo: Lecture
Reading Date: Thursday, November 17, 2005
- On the historical context for his poems: Japanese-American internment in WWII
- "Kubota to Miguel Hernández in Heaven, Leupp, Arizona, 1942."
- "Kubota Writes to Vallejo About Hope"
- "Kubota to the Chinese Poets Detained on Angel Island"
- Internee Japanese Poetry from 1940s Santa Fe
- "Kubota Returns to the Midst of Life"
- "Kubota on Kahuku Point to Maximus in Gloucester"
On the historical context for his poems: Japanese-American internment in WWII-12882
"Kubota to Miguel Hernández in Heaven, Leupp, Arizona, 1942." -12883
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Hongo, Garrett. Coral Road: Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
"Kubota Writes to Vallejo About Hope"-12884
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Hongo, Garrett. "Kubota Writes to Vallejo About Hope." Poetry International 18/19 (2012): 427-428. Print.
"Kubota to the Chinese Poets Detained on Angel Island"-12885
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Hongo, Garrett. Coral Road: Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Internee Japanese Poetry from 1940s Santa Fe-12886
Poems read in Japanese and English. Recording displays distortion at 9:56.
"Kubota Returns to the Midst of Life"-12887
Published version bears the title "Kubota Returns to the Middle of Life."
Annotation:
Hongo, Garrett. Coral Road: Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
"Kubota on Kahuku Point to Maximus in Gloucester"-12888
Hongo, Garrett. Coral Road: Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Himmel Park Library
Garrett Hongo reads from and discusses a cycle of poems written from the point of view of Kubota, a figure based on his maternal grandfather. He also reads poems written by Japanese internees at a detention center in Santa Fe during the 1940s.
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