{"product_id":"poems-of-le-van-tai-nguy-n-ton-hi-t-phan-qu-nh-tram","title":"Poems of  Lê Văn Tài,  Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt  \u0026 Phan Quỳnh Trâm","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited by Nguyễn Hưng Quốc \u0026amp; Nhã Thuyên. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis seventh volume in Vagabond’s Asia Pacific Poetry Series brings together a selection of poetry from \u003cspan\u003ethree contemporary Vietnamese poets \u003c\/span\u003eliving in Australia: \u003cspan\u003eLê Văn Tài, Nguyễn Tôn Hiệt \u0026amp; Phan \u003c\/span\u003eQuỳnh Trâm. Introduced by Nguyễn Hưng Quốc and with an ‘After words’ by Nhã Thuyên, this collection opens a window on contemporary writing from the Vietnamese diaspora and insights into the evolution and realities of transnational literature. Cover art by Nguyễn Hưng Trinh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover image © Nguyễn Hưng Trinh (2010), \u003ci\u003eAn artist and his model\u003c\/i\u003e. Oil on canvas, 100x100cm. Courtesy of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eLê Văn Tài \u003c\/b\u003ecame to Australia as a refugee in 1984. As a visual artist, he has held numerous exhibitions, individual and collective, in Vietnam, Hong Kong and Australia. As a poet, he has published three collections of poetry, two in English, \u003ci\u003eEmpty Arms Surrounded by Warm Breath\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) and \u003ci\u003eWaiting the Waterfall Falls\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and one in Vietnamese, \u003ci\u003eThơ Lê Văn Tài\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eNguyễn Hưng Quốc\u003c\/b\u003e is coordinator of the Vietnamese program at Victoria University, Melbourne. As a critic, he has published nearly 20 books on Vietnamese language, literature, culture and politics, including \u003ci\u003eVietnamese Literature in Australia: Politics and Poetics of Diaspora \u003c\/i\u003e(in Vietnamese, 2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eNguyễn Tôn Hiệt\u003c\/b\u003e arrived in Australia as a political refugee from Vietnam in 1983. He has been actively working as a musician, writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and editor. He has published several books on literary and art criticism. His creative writings have appeared in many overseas and Australian journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eTienve\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKunapipi.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhan Quỳnh Trâm\u003c\/b\u003e came to Australia as an overseas student at the University of New South Wales in 2000 and is now living and working in Sydney. Her translations, short stories, essays and poems, written in Vietnamese and English, have been published in Ajar,  Kunapipi and Tienve literary webzine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eNhã Thuyên\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, a writer, and sometimes an amateur filmmaker. She is the author of several books of poetry and flash fiction and some tiny picture books for children. She currently co-edits AJAR, a bilingual literary and art journal based in Hanoi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ciframe style=\"width:550px;height:350px\" src=\"https:\/\/online.anyflip.com\/wuapt\/qpma\/index.html\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":3064124100,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/VagabondPress_AP7_e672dc05-9d71-4981-99ed-007985ae28ab.jpg?v=1434344129","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/ja\/products\/poems-of-le-van-tai-nguy-n-ton-hi-t-phan-qu-nh-tram","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}