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ISBN-10: 1155733657
ISBN-13: 9781155733654
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 107. Not illustrated. Chapters: Vince Gotera, Yone Noguchi, Bryan Thao Worra, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Li-Young Lee, Mitsuye Yamada, Nellie Wong, Suji Kwock Kim, Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Yellow Rage, Barbara Jane Reyes, Hae Jong Kim, Jessica Hagedorn, Garrett Hongo, Mong-Lan, Eileen Tabios, David Mura, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Jack Marshall, Sadakichi Hartmann, Oliver de La Paz, Eugene Gloria, Alexander Chee, Al Robles, Sarah Gambito. Excerpt: Vince Gotera (born June 20, 1952) is an American poet and writer, best known as Editor of the North American Review. In 1996,… Nick Carbo called him a "leading Filipino-American poet of this generation"; later, in 2004, Carbo described him as "one of the leading Asian American poets ... willing to take a stance against American imperialism." Born Vicente Ferrer Gotera (pronounced ) on June 20, 1952, to Candida Fajardo Gotera and Martin Avila Gotera, immigrants from the Philippines. He was born and raised in San Francisco, California, but also spent some time as a child in the Philippines. In 1971, Gotera started college at Stanford University. Having a draft lottery number of 30, Gotera enlisted in the US Army, where he served during the Vietnam War (19721975). After returning to college, he earned an A.A. in General Studies from City College of San Francisco (1977), a B.A. in English from Stanford (1979), and then an M.A. in English (American Literature) from San Francisco State University (1981). Gotera then moved to Indiana University, where he earned an M.F.A. in poetry (1989) and a joint (or double-major) Ph.D. in English and in American Studies (1992). Since 1995, Gotera has taught at the University of Northern Iowa, where he is a professor of English specializing in creative writing (both poetry and fiction) and multicultural American literature. He also taught at Humboldt State University from ...