Garrett Hongo

Auteur van Volcano: A Memoir of Hawai'i

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Garrett Hongo is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Oregon. He is the author Volcano: A Memoir of Hawai'i and the poetry collections Coal Road; Yellow Light; and The River of Heaven, winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets and a finalist toon meer for the Pulitzer Prize; he has edited or coedited several highly regarded collections of contemporary Asian American writing. Hongo has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Florence. toon minder

Bevat de naam: Garrett Kaoru Hongo

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Volcano: A Memoir of Hawai'i (1995) 76 exemplaren

River of Heaven (1988) 53 exemplaren

The Open Boat (1993) 51 exemplaren

Under Western Eyes: Personal Essays from Asian America (1995) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 31 exemplaren

Yellow Light: Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series) (1982) 29 exemplaren

Coral Road: Poems (2011) 16 exemplaren

The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo (2022) 16 exemplaren

The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo (2023) 4 exemplaren

The mirror diary : selected essays (2017) 3 exemplaren

Kubota [essay] 1 exemplaar

The Greenfield Review: Special Asian American Writers Issue 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum: 1951
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Geboorteplaats: Volcano, Hawaii, USA
Woonplaatsen: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Opleiding: Pomona College
University of Michigan
University of California, Irvine (MFA|English)
Beroepen: poet

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River of Heaven door Garrett Hongo

Wonderful narratives. My sister's teacher, so I might be a bit biased.

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Kiramke | 1 andere bespreking | Jun 27, 2023 |

The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo door Garrett Hongo

It claims to be a memoir but I assume it's fiction, the plot revolves around the author's fixation with his father and race identity. The rest is audiophile magic crystal nonsense you have to be huffing glue to relate to.

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Paul_S | Apr 8, 2022 |

Yellow Light: Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series) door Garrett Kaoru Hongo

Serene, wise collection of poems from a forgotten, working America, the Japanese immigrant experience and where they meet at midnight under a broken street light.

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Smokler | Jan 3, 2021 |

River of Heaven door Garrett Hongo

Yes, I know Hongo is talented. Yes, I know I'm breaking the "literary canon" law when I say I'm rarely impressed and that he frankly bores the shit out of me. That said, I do admire his craft, and I met him at a reading on tour supporting this book, I believe, and definitely a nice guy, so I do have many friends and acquaintances who write stuff that's not really my thing (Ron Rash comes to mind) but I can still respect their craft, and besides, I doubt they like my stuff anyway. LOL! Cautiously recommended.… (meer)

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