1. Garrett Hongo Garrett Hongo (1951 ) On Hongo's Poetry Hongo On the New Audience for American Poetry Excerpts from Garrett Hongo Interviews Online Narrative about Hawaii External Links Compiled and Prepared by Edward Brunner Return to Modern American http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hongo/hongo.htm

Garrett Hongo (1951- ) On Hongo's Poetry Hongo On the New Audience for American Poetry Excerpts from Garrett Hongo Interviews Online Narrative about Hawaii ... External Links Compiled and Prepared by Edward Brunner Return to Modern American Poetry Home Return to Poets Index

2. Creative Writing : Staff & Faculty : Garrett Hongo GARRETT HONGO (poetry). Distinguished Professor of Humanities. BA,Pomona College; MFA, University of California, Irvine. Graduate http://www.uoregon.edu/~crwrweb/staff/garretthongo.shtml

GARRETT HONGO (poetry) Distinguished Professor of Humanities. B.A., Pomona College; M.F.A., University of California, Irvine. Graduate studies in Far Eastern Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan and in Critical Theory at UC Irvine. Professor Hongo is the author of two books of poetry, Yellow Light (Wesleyan) and The River of Heaven (Knopf), which was the 1987 Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. His memoir, Volcano , was published by Knopf, May 1995 and won the Oregon Book Award for nonfiction. He's the editor of The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America (Anchor) and Under Western Eyes: Personal Essays from Asian America (Anchor). His poems and essays have appeared in American Poetry Review, Antaeus, Field, New England Review, Ploughshares, Parnassus, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Hawaii Herald , and The New Yorker . Professor Hongo was profiled in the PBS Television series "Moyers: The Power of the Word" and he's a recipient of fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation. He teaches the graduate poetry workshop, a course in poetic meter and traditional forms, a seminar on the poetic journal, and seminars in contemporary stylistics in contemporary literature, and a course on research methods in non-fiction.

3. Borzoi Reader | Authors | Garrett Hongo Garrett Hongo attended Pomona College, the University of Michigan, and the Universityof California at Irvine, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/hongo/

The River of Heaven The Open Boat Volcano Hongo's Academy of American Poets page Hongo's Modern American poetry page Profile of Hongo in "Asian Week" AUDIO: interview with GH on NPR ... text of "Pinoy at the Coming World" Garrett Hongo attended Pomona College, the University of Michigan, and the University of California at Irvine, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in English. He is a professor at the University of Oregon, where he was Director of the Program in Creative Writing from 1989 to 1993. He is the author of two books of poetry, Yellow Light and The River of Heaven. He lives in Eugene, Oregon, with his wife and their two sons. Photo: Ellen Foscue Johnson Garrett Hongo's first book since Yellow Light has been awarded the 1987 Lamont Poetry Prize of the Academy of American Poets for a distinguished book of poems (judges: Philip Booth, Alfred Corn, Mary Oliver). In The River of Heaven , Garrett Hongo has drawn from his unusual background (born in Volcano, Hawaii, of Japanese ancestry, and educated in California at Pomona) to provide the materials for poems that would be highly exotic were they not infused with a level-headed sense of realism and a strong feeling that mundane realities are perfectly natural material for the poetry of our time. Here, Garrett Hongo transforms his mundane realities into elegant poetry. The volcanoes of Hawaii ("Eruption: Pu'u O'o"), the gritty urban streets of Los Angeles ("Four Chinatown Figures"), a California beach after the death of his father ("The Pier")the places of Garrett Hongo's past metamorphosize into a poetry that is compelling and immediate.

4. Garrett Kaoru Hongo GARRETT KAORU HONGO. Featured on April 21, 2001. Garrett Hongo was born in 1951 inthe back room of a general store built by his grandfather in Volcano, Hawaii. http://www.writersontheedge.org/hongo.html

GARRETT KAORU HONGO Featured on April 21, 2001 Garrett Hongo was born in 1951 in the back room of a general store built by his grandfather in Volcano, Hawaii. His family left Volcano when he was less than a year old and Hongo grew up in South-Central Los Angeles. He received a BA cum laude in English from Pomona College, and a Master of Fine Arts in English from the University of California at Irvine. He also participated in graduate studies in Japanese language and literature at the University of Michigan and graduate studies in critical theory at the University of California-Irving. He lives in Eugene and is a Distinguished Professor of Arts and Science as the University of Oregon where he is Director of the Creative Writing Program. He speaks Japanese, German, Spanish and English. Garrett is the author of three books: Volcano: A Memoir of Hawaii, Yellow Light, and The River of Heaven, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He also edited the anthologies The Open Boat: poems from Asian America and Songs My Mother Taught Me.

5. Garrett Hongo Garrett Hongo. Art of the Wild. Volcano a Memoir of Hawaii (Vintage Departures). UnderWestern Eyes Personal Essays from Asian America. Garrett Hongo. Authors H. http://www.artistactoractress.com/author/h/hongo_garrett.html

Garrett Hongo Art of the Wild Volcano a Memoir of Hawaii (Vintage Departures) Songs My Mother Taught Me : Stories, Plays, and a Memoir The Open Boat : Poems from Asian America The River of Heaven Under Western Eyes : Personal Essays from Asian America Garrett Hongo Authors: H ArtistActorActress.com

6. Asian American Writers’ Festival Garrett hongo garrett Hongo is the author of two volumes of poetry, Yellow Light(Wesleyan Univ. 4 pm. Poetry Readings by Garrett Hongo and Chin Woon Ping. 7 pm. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/asian-american-writers.html

April 30 - May 2, 2003 Because of the current prominence of Asian American writing as well as a growing interest in this body of work at Dartmouth, the Leslie Center is organizing as festival of Asian American writing in spring 03. Writers will probably include: Maxine Kingston Maxine Hong Kingston: Without doubt the leading Asian American writer today, Maxine Hong Kingston is the author of Woman Warrior, China Men and Tripmaster Monkey Woman Warrior , published in 1976, has received sustained critical attention and acclaim not only from scholars of ethnic and multicultural writing but also from feminist critics and scholars of American nonfiction. She is Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Meena Alexander Meena Alexander: Meena Alexander is the author of several highly acclaimed books of poetry and prose, including the memoir

7. Brooklyn Public Library /All Locations Num Mark AUTHORS (15 of 5) Year Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, 1951- 1 The open boat poems from Asian America / edited and with an introduction by Garrett Hongo. http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org:90/kids/10,997/search/aHongshen, Jia./a

KEYWORD AUTHOR TITLE SUBJECT Central Business Arlington Bay Ridge Bedford Borough Park Brighton Beach Brooklyn Heights Brower Park Brownsville Bushwick Canarsie Carroll Gardens Clarendon Clinton Hill Coney Island Cortelyou Crown Heights Cypress Hills Dekalb Dyker East Flatbush Eastern Parkway Flatbush Flatlands Fort Hamilton Gerritsen Gravesend Greenpoint Highlawn Homecrest Jamaica Bay Kensington Kings Bay Kings Highway Leonard Macon Mapleton Marcy McKinley Park Midwood Mill Basin New Lots New Utrecht Pacific Paerdegat Park Slope Red Hook Rugby Ryder Saratoga Svce to Aging SAGE Sheepshead Bay Spring Creek Stone Avenue Sunset Park Ulmer Park Walt Whitman Washington Irving Williamsburgh Windsor Terrace Juvenile View Entire Collection Num Mark AUTHORS (1-5 of 5) Year Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, 1951- The open boat : poems from Asian America / edited and with an introduction by Garrett Hongo. The river of heaven : poems / by Garrett Hongo. Songs my mother taught me : stories, plays, and memoir Under western eyes : presonal essays from Asian America / edited and with an introduction by Garrett Hongo. Volcano : a memoir of Hawaii / Garrett Hongo.

8. Garrett Hongo - The Academy Of American Poets The Academy of American Poets presents a biography, photograph, and selected poems. http://www.poets.org/LIT/poet/ghongfst.htm

poetry awards poetry month poetry exhibits about the academy Search Larger Type Find a Poet Find a Poem Listening Booth ... Add to a Notebook Garrett Hongo Garrett Hongo was born in Volcano, Hawai'i, in 1951. He is the author of two books of poetry: The River of Heaven (1988), which was the Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Yellow Light (1982). His most recent book is Volcano: A Memoir of Hawai'i (Alfred A. Knopf, 1995), and he has also edited Songs My Mother Taught Me: Stories, Plays and Memoir by Wakako Yamauchi (1994) and The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America (1993). His honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Oregon at Eugene, where he directed the Program in Creative Writing from 1989 to 1993. This bio was last updated on Feb 15, 2001. photo © Dorothy Alexander Shop for Garrett Hongo books at your local bookstore, through Booksense.com

9. Poetry Center - HONGO, GARRETT - 5/16/77 Reader hongo, garrett. Accession Number 903. Date 5/16/77. Length 130 minutes.Tape Quality good. Collection Poetry Center. Ethnicity Asian/Pacific Islander. http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/newcatalog/633.htm

Reader: HONGO, GARRETT Accession Number - 903 Date: Length: 130 minutes Tape Quality: good Collection: Poetry Center Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander Language: English Use Policy: SFSU Campus only Content: Asian-American Reading, eight writers in one event, distributed as one tape. "Gardena," "The Hongo Store," "Midnight in Tokyo," "Poem for Alan Lau," "Rabbit," and "Oracle." Comments or Questions Search Catalog

10. Poets Garrett Hongo And Ishmael Reed Read At Library Of Congress Contact Craig D'Ooge (202) 7079189 A WESTERN VIEW POETS garrett hongo AND ISHMAEL REED TO READ AT THE LIBRARY OF http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/1996/96-009

11. Garrett Hongo - The Academy Of American Poets garrett hongo The Academy of American Poets presents biographies, photographs, selectedpoems, and links as part of its online poetry exhibits. garrett hongo. http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=167

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14. Poetry Center - HONGO, GARRETT - 2/21/91 Reader hongo, garrett. Accession Number 963. Date 2/21/91. Length 100 minutes.Tape Quality good. Collection Poetry Center. Ethnicity Asian/Pacific Islander. http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/newcatalog/634.htm

Reader: HONGO, GARRETT Accession Number - 963 Date: Length: 100 minutes Tape Quality: good Collection: Poetry Center Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander Language: English Use Policy: available Content: From Yellow Light: "Yellow Light," "Who Among You Knows the Essence of Garlic," "Four Chinatown Figures," and "The Underworld." From The River of Heaven: "Village: Kahuka-mura" and "Obon: Dance for the Dead." From Volcano Journal (unpublished "poetic prose"): "I am a poet...," and "Sojourning." Interviewed by Carolyn Kizer. Comments or Questions Search Catalog

15. Garrett Kaoru Hongo Daniel's Collected Poems garrett Kaoru hongo Issei FirstGeneration Japanese American hongo, garrett Kaoru. Yellow Light. (Wesleyan University Press - 1982). garrett Kaoru hongo (1951- ) http://www.missouri.edu/~dspa8d/poems/Hongo%2C_Garrett_Kaoru

Daniel's Collected Poems Garrett Kaoru Hongo Issei: First-Generation Japanese American Hongo, Garrett Kaoru. Yellow Light. (Wesleyan University Press - 1982). Garrett Kaoru Hongo (1951- ) is a contemporary Japanese-American poet born in Hawaii. Educated at Pomona College and the University of California at Irvine, Hongo spent a year in Japan as a result of winning the Thomas J. Watson fellowship. He has won numerous other awards, including the Hopwood Prize for Poetry, a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, and the Discovery/ The Nation award. His poems - filled with intense description and beautiful imagery - are both personal and political, focusing on the lives of postwar Japanese-Americans.

16. On Garrett Hongo's Poetry garrett hongo, for example, has used in his two booksYellow Light (1982) and TheRiver of Heaven (1987)the confessional voice in many poems that are less http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hongo/about.htm

On Garret Hongo's Poetry Samuel Maio G arrett Hongo, for example, has used in his two books Yellow Light (1982) and The River of Heaven (1987)the confessional voice in many poems that are less narrative and more reliant on images . . . . Perhaps, too, they are more given to sound. The principal concerns of Yellow Light, a book of carefully ordered poems, are: the discovery of the history of the Issei (the first generation of Japanese immigrants to America), the forging of myths regarding the Issei and succeeding families, and the ethnicity peculiar to the poet's ancestral beginning. Structured in five movements, the poems' central speaker travels through his home neighborhoods, Japan, and America's western region. Engaged in searches that lead to the creation of myths and the recreation of ancient ones, these poems ultimately record the process by which the speaker learns to understand the importance of the immediate. "Yellow Light," the opening poem, takes us to inner-city Los Angeles, the setting for the book's first movement, where a woman with groceries passes "gangs of schoolboys playing war" on her way home to cook dinner. This is what she sees: From the Miracle Mile, whole freeways away

17. Hongo, Garrett garrett hongo. Personal Background http//college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students. Writingsgarrett hongo exclusively wrote poetry for many years. http://www.isop.ucla.edu/shenzhen/2002ncta/workman/eaaw/eaaw_japanese/hongo_garr

Garrett Hongo Personal Background: http://college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students http://www.poets.org/poets/Poets.cfm?prm1D=167 Garrett Kaouru Hongo was born in Volcano, Hawaii, on May 30, 1951. He is a yonsei, 4 th generation Japanese American. He lived on the North Shore of Oahu, before moving to South Central Los Angeles. Gardena, where Garrett grew up, was a Japanese American community surrounded by African Americans and Hispanics. This racial diversity had a great influence on Garrett. He graduated from Pomona College and the University of Michigan. He earned a Master’s Degree from the University of California, Irvine. Now Professor Hongo teaches English at the University of Oregon. Writings: Garrett Hongo exclusively wrote poetry for many years. When he returned to his birthplace in Hawaii, he felt the need to express his feelings about his home in another form, so trained himself to write prose and his memoirs. He is also known as an essayist and editor. The Buddha Bandits down Highway 99.

18. Japanese-American Writers Ai Endo, Shusaku Gotanda, Philip Hara, Mavis hongo, garrett Houston, Jeanne WakatsukiInada, Lawson Fusao Ito, Susan Kadohata, Cynthia Kanazawa, Tooru J http://www.isop.ucla.edu/shenzhen/2002ncta/workman/eaaw/eaaw_japanese.htm

Japanese-American Writers Ai Endo, Shusaku Gotanda, Philip Hara, Mavis ... Minatoya, Lydia (see also Lydia Yurika) Mura, David Mori, Toshio Oishi, Gene Sasaki, R.A. ... Yamauchi, Wakako

19. Garrett Hongo (b. 1951) garrett Kaoru hongo (b. 1951). Contributing Editor Amy Ling. Bibliography.hongo, garrett, Alan Chong Lau, and Lawson Fusao Inada. http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/hongo.html

Garrett Kaoru Hongo (b. 1951) Contributing Editor: Amy Ling Classroom Issues and Strategies Explain that Hongo's themes and craft are evident even in the small selection we have in this text. The title poem of his first book, Yellow Light , emphasizes the centrality of the Asian perspective by ascribing a positive, fertile quality to the color commonly designating Asian skin and formerly meaning "cowardly." By focusing his sights on ordinary people in the midst of their daily rounds, as in "Yellow Light," "Off from Swing Shift," and "And Your Soul Shall Dance," by describing their surroundings in precise detail, by suggesting their dreams, Hongo depicts both the specificities of the Japanese-American experience and its universality. "And Your Soul Shall Dance" is a tribute to playwright and fiction writer Wakako Yamauchi. The long poem "Stepchild" reviews bitter Asian American history, more than a century of exclusion, incarceration, and dislocation. But though a "stepchild" of white America, Hongo is also the husband of a white wife and must wrestle with conflicting emotions. Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues

20. PROFILES Contemporary Writers A Major Principle Of Selection [ garrett hongo. The work of poet garrett hongo is represented in Volume2 of the Heath Anthology by six of his poems. Amy Ling, a http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/newsletter/5/Profiles.htm

PROFILES Contemporary Writers "A major principle of selection [for the Heath Anthology of American Literature] has been to represent as fully as possible the varied cultures of the United States," writes General Editor Paul Lauter in his Introduction to the anthology. Among the selections included are works by more than 80 contemporary writers, including a significant number of women and multicultural artists. Two of these artists recently shared their reflections on their work and contemporary literature. Rolando Hinojosa-Smith Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, whose prose work "Sometimes It Just Happens That Way, That's All" is included in Volume 2 of the Heath Anthology , is Garwood Professor of English at the University of Texas-Austin and Director of the Texas Center for Writers. His many books trace the history of Belkin County, a fictional area of South Texas, and the ongoing conflict there between the Mexican-Americans and the dominant Anglo-Americans. According to Juan Bruce-Novoa, an editor of the Heath Anthology , Hinojosa-Smith's fictional style combines the oral traditions of the Tex-Mex community with the documents, transcriptions of testimony, and newspaper accounts of the Anglo-American system to underscore the conflict between the two cultures.

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