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ISBN 1-877727-45-8 · 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 · 200 pages · $14.00 paper
Hyun-jee Yee Sallee This collection of stories by noted contemporary Korean writer Dong-ha Lee reflect the ordinary lives of people who have lived through the extraordinary struggles brought about by the Korean War and its aftermath. Exquisitely translated by Hyun-jae Yee Sallee, these stories by one of Korea’s most revered storytellers reflect poignantly on the lives of ordinary people in the midst of the economic miracle that has been taking place in Korea since the end of the Korean War. Having seen their homeland split in two, they cannot cope with the progress that is inexorably wiping out the last vestiges of the Korea they loved and knew. Lost and confused, they experience not only an identity crisis but question the entire meaning of life. Fiction Asian Studies 6 x 9 176 pages $16.00 1-893996-53-0
Hyun-jae Yee Sallee Three short stories and a novella look at the lives of Korean women and the impact of the Korean war and the division of their country has had on their lives. Various women of different ages and positions find themselves caught by a male dominated society that refuse to let women determine the paths that their lives take. Fiction Asian Studies Dispatches Series 4 $15.00 ISBN 1-877727-93-8
“The beauty of these stories is the simplicity of the image-invoking writing. As states in the preface, the Korean style of literature can be compared to ‘watching a gentle ripple on a pond.’” —Copley News Service Volume
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David Schmahmann Danny Divan is a white teenager in South Africa under apartheid when he falls in love with the daughter of a black domestic servant. His family forces the two apart, and eventually his discomfort with the poisonous political atmosphere drives him from the country and to a new life in America. Within weeks of his arrival in Boston, Danny meets Tesseba, an offbeat but trusting artist who takes him in and marries him so he won’t be deported. Even as they live as a couple and build a life together, and as Danny prospers and his family joins him in exile, the memory of his forbidden first love does not fade. Twenty years later, when Danny returns to the "new" South Africa to salvage what he can of his family’s fortune, he sets out to discover what became of the girl he cannot forget. What he finds instead is the truest version of himself. This novel traces the ambiguities of love within a family and for another, and tests the shakiness of memory. Empire Settings reveals how love, and the memory of love, can be overwhelmed by changing assumptions about race and belonging. David Schmahmann was born in Durban, South Africa, and is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Cornell Law School. He has also studied in India and Israel, and his publications include a short story in The Yale Review and articles on legal issues. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts and practices law in Boston. This is his first novel. Fiction Cultural Studies 5.5 x 8.25 328 pages $21.95 1-893996-16-6
This groundbreaking collection of essays explores the problems of large, historically significant institutional buildings which are no longer viable for their original use. Over 150 photographs and illustrations. ISBN 1-877727-04-0 · 6 x 9 · 430 pages · $30.00 paper
“you know nothing about Zen but wish to capture the spirit easily, this is the book for you. Simple elegance at its best.” -NAPRA Journal ISBN 1-877727-37-7 · 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 · 200 pages · $15.00 paper
“lyrics from the Yuan period...sheer pleasure to read” -Choice ISBN 0-934834-59-8 · 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 · 60 pages · $9.00 paper
Seng-t’san The Hsin Hsin Ming, Verses on the Faith-Mind, by the third Chinese patriarch of Zen, Sengtsan, is considered to be the first Chinese Zen document and one of the most widely-admired and elegant Zen writings. “The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.” Seng-t’san The Hsin Hsin Ming, Verses on the Faith-Mind by Seng-t’san, the third Chinese patriarch of Zen, is considered to be the first Chinese Zen document. Lucidly translated here by Richard B. Clark, it remains one of the most widely-admired and elegant of Zen writings, and is as relevant today as it was when it was written. In a world where stress seems unavoidable, Seng-t’san's words show us how to be fully aware of each moment. Poetry Asian Studies 4.25 x 5.5 12 pages 4 b&w illustrations $4.00
A Zen Forest: Zen Sayings The essence of Zen is contained in the phrases and poems presented here, along with an introduction by Gary Snyder. The sayings range from profound to mystifying to comical and appear in vivid, poetic English. First compiled in 15th century Japan, the book contains Zen phrases and verses taken from Zen classics, sutras, and the poetry of China. Translated by Soiku Shigematsu
“an age of alienation, Shiffert’s poetry possesses a graciousness which comes from a reverence for life and gratitude for being.” -Kenneth Rexroth ISBN 0-934834-95-4 · 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 · 112 pages · $10.00 paper
This book collects poems previously published in limited edition chapbooks and uncollected work. Spanning twenty-five years in St. John's career, the work reflects the progression of a major voice in American letters in poems that pre-date his first collection, Hush, to those that follow the publication of his selected poems in 1994. In earlier poems reflecting the decadence of their times to recent work that embodies the world in which we presently live, St. John's fresh imagery draws the reader into elegant poems that resonate with the mysteries of life.
For almost twenty years, from his seminal and highly influential collection Hush to the stunning Study for the World’s Body, St. John has been one of the most accomplished and innovative of American poets. ISBN 1-877727-46-6 · 5 1/2 x 8 1/2· 246 pages · $15.00 paper
Ikkyu (1394-1481) was known as one of the most
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Weavers Series - Volume 1 “This collection is painful, disturbing, and rewarding. Freeman and three other translators transform Storni’s razor-sharp poetry into English versions that invite constant re-reading. This is a poetry of fatal beauty that leads toward unavoidable death, but not before freeing the poet to leave everything she can behind.” —Bloomsbury Review ISBN 0-934834-16-4 • 72 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • $8.00 paper Translated by Ji-moon Suh These poems, written during and following the Korean War, reflect the reality of living in a country torn in half by political ideologies. Comparable to the Civil War in that it pitted brother against brother, the partitioning of the country following the war carried the bitterness forward into the present and created a situation that has kept families from reuniting and left an entire generation longing to go home. Twenty-one poets, male and female, North Korean and South Korean, well-known and long forgotten, appear in this collection, the first of its kind in English. The poems reflect the reality of living in a country torn in half by political ideologies. An introduction by translator Ji-moon Suh places the poems and the poets within a historical context that describes the suffering and despair of pitting brother against brother. Poetry Asian Studies 6 x 9 176pages $16.00 1-893996-20-4
$14.00 64 pages ISBN 1-893996-60-3 Winner of the White Pine Press Poetry Prize Number
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