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Foreign Wife Elegy
Contributor(s): Taniguchi, Yuko (Author)

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 ISBN: 1566891485     ISBN-13: 9781566891486
Publisher: Coffee House Press
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: February 2004
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Annotation: This debut collection bears witness to the compassion of nurses, the hardships of injury and illness, and the solitude brought on by marrying outside one's culture. In these quiet and deceptively simple poems, Taniguchi's words become a haven for human frailties and peaceful reflection.

The child of a Hiroshima survivor, Yuko Taniguchi was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1975. At the age of fifteen, she came to the United States alone and attended high school in Maryland. She studied at the College of St. Benedict/ St. John's University and the University of Minnesota, where she received many awards for her poetry. Currently, she teaches -English at Rochester -Community and Technical College and lives with her husband in Rochester, Minnesota.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - Asian American
- Education | Multicultural Education
- History | Asia - General
Dewey: 811.6
LCCN: 2003055095
Physical Information: 0.22" H x 6.14" W x 8.96" L (0.32 lbs) 78 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Library Journal 09/01/2003 pg. 172
Library Journal 08/01/2003
 
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This debut collection bears witness to the compassion of nurses, the hardships of injury and illness, and the solitude brought on by marrying outside one's culture. In these quiet and deceptively simple poems, Taniguchi's words become a haven for human frailties and peaceful reflection.

The child of a Hiroshima survivor, Yuko Taniguchi was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1975. At the age of fifteen, she came to the United States alone and attended high school in Maryland. She studied at the College of St. Benedict/ St. John's University and the University of Minnesota, where she received many awards for her poetry. Currently, she teaches -English at Rochester -Community and Technical College and lives with her husband in Rochester, Minnesota.
 
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