Current issues
On Freedom: Spirit, Art, and State
winter 2012
vol. 24, no. 2
Sky Lanterns: New Poetry from China, Formosa, and Beyond
Summer 2012
vol. 24, no. 1
Back issues
Almost Heaven: On the Human and Divine
Winter 2011
vol. 23, no. 2
Stories and poems that focus on the human capacity to lead altruistic lives, and the place of evil in the world as well as the role of spirituality.
Living Spirit: Literature and Resurgence in Okinawa
Summer 2011
vol. 23, no. 1
Celebrating the resurgence of Okinawan literature, through ancient lyrics, contemporary fiction, drama, and poetry, newly translated into English.
Wild Hearts: Literature, Ecology, and Inclusion
Winter 2010
vol. 22, no. 2
A mix of U.S. and international writers consider the meanings of wildness in stories, interviews, memoir, performance art, poetry, and natural history. Each offers a fresh perspective on the human capacity for love, reverence, or violence.
Andha Yug: The Age of Darkness
Summer 2010
vol. 22, no. 1
A new edition of the post-Partition play by Dharamvir Bharati; translated and introduced by Alok Bhalla.
Lucky Come Hawaii
Winter 2009
vol. 21, no. 2
A new, revised edition of the 1965 classic by Jon Shirota.
Voices from Okinawa: Featuring Three Plays by Jon Shirota
Summer 2009
vol. 21, no. 1
Features through literature the rich and remarkable culture of Japan’s southernmost islands. In this landmark publication—the first literary anthology showcasing Okinawan Americans—Okinawan voices are heard in plays, essays, and interviews.
Enduring War: Stories of What We Have Learned
Winter 2008
vol. 20, no. 2
The stories, essays, and poems in this volume render the effects of war in our time and the shadows they cast, from the Pacific campaigns of World War II to genocide under the Khmer Rouge to hostilities in the Middle East.
Gates of Reconciliation: Literature and the Ethical Imagination
Summer 2008
vol. 20, no. 1
In these works, past and present conflicts—some resolved and some not—are illuminated by literature, uncovering the complexities, subtleties, gestures, and necessary deliberations of forgiveness and healing. The urgency of such deliberations is captured by guest editor Barry Lopez when he asks, "Who will heed the plea of Everychild for a less brutal future?"
Maps of Reconciliation: Literature and the Ethical Imagination
Winter 2007
vol. 19, no. 2
"The ice is melting in the north," writes Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper, Turtle Clan, Onanadaga Nation, in an oration to world leaders that begins this collection. His words are a call for humanity to heal a wound in our relationship to the natural world. They are also a powerful metaphor expressing the fragility and uncertainty of the future in general — the result of global declines in justice, equality, and civility.
Crossing Over: Partition Literature from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Summer 2007
vol. 19, no. 1 \
A collection of stories and essays that capture the responses and emotions of ordinary people during the tragedy of Partition and the 1971 civil war that transformed East Pakistan into the independent nation of Bangladesh. Written by some of the finest authors—in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, and English—from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Where the Rivers Meet: New Writing from Australia
Winter 2006
vol. 18, no. 2
A collection of new fiction, essays, and poetry from Australia, a complex society and a country with a multilayered history.
Beyond Words: Asian Writers on Their Work
Summer 2006
vol. 18, no. 1
A cross-section of contemporary Asian authors discussing their aesthetics, ethics, working conditions, and influences. Essays, poems, memoirs, and interviews provide a fascinating and revealing portrait of authors from China, Tibet, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Cambodia, and the Philippines.
Varua Tupu: New Writing from French Polynesia
Winter 2005
vol. 17, no. 2
The first anthology of its kind, offering English-speaking readers the stories, memoirs, poetry, photography, and paintings of a French Polynesian artistic community that has been growing in strength since the 1960s.
Blood
Ties: Writing
across Chinese
Borders
Summer
2005
vol. 17, no. 1
Fiction, poetry, and essays from people who share the designation “Chinese” but who have experienced generations of migration, displacement, ethnic mixing, and separation from home.
Jungle
Planet and Other
New Stories
Winter
2004
vol. 16, no. 2
Fiction, biography, and drama by authors from the U.S., Singapore, Brazil, Philippines, Korea, and Nepal.
In
the Shadow of
Angkor
Summer
2004
vol. 16, no. 1
Fiction, essays, and memoirs from Cambodia guest-edited by Sharon May
The
Mystified Boat
Winter 2003
vol. 15, no. 2
Postmodern fiction from China guest-edited by Herbert J. Batt
Mercury
Rising
Summer 2003
vol. 15, no. 1
Contemporary poetry from Taiwan guest-edited by Arthur Sze and Michelle Yeh
Century
of the Tiger:
One Hundred Years
of Korean Culture
in America
Winter 2002
vol. 14, no. 2
Guest-edited by Jenny Ryun Foster, Frank Stewart, and Heinz Insu Fenkl
Two
Rivers
Summer 2002
vol. 14, no. 1
Vietnamese writing from America and Viet Nam guest-edited by Kevin Bowen and Nguyen Ba Chung
Secret
Places
Winter 2001
vol. 13, no. 2
Writing from Nepal guest-edited by Samrat Upadhyay and Manjushree Thapa
Silence
to Light: Japan
and the Shadows
of War
Summer 2001
vol. 13, no. 1
Writing from and about World War II Japan guest-edited by Leza Lowitz
Song
of the Snow Lion
Winter 2000
vol. 12, no. 2
Writing from Tibet guest-edited by Tsering Shakya & Herbert J. Batt
Silenced
Voices
Summer 2000
vol. 12, no. 1
Writing from Indonesia guest-edited by John McGlynn
The
Wounded Season
Winter
1999
vol. 11, no. 2
Writing from Korea guest-edited by Susie Jie Young Kim
Land
beneath the Wind
Summer
1999
vol. 11, no. 1
Writing from Malaysia guest-edited by K. S. Maniam and Daizal Rafeek Samad
Inland
Shores
Winter
1998
vol. 10, no. 2
Nature writing from Western Canada guest-edited by Charlene Gilmore
The
Zigzag Way
Summer
1998
vol. 10, no. 1
Writing from China guest-edited by Arthur Sze
Century
of Dreams
Winter
1997
vol. 9, no. 2
Writing from the Philippines guest-edited by Eric Gamalinda and Alfred A. Yuson
Homeland
Summer
1997
vol. 9, no. 1
Writing from New Zealand guest-edited by Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan
Seeing
the Invisible
Winter
1996
vol. 8, no. 2
Women’s fiction from Korea guest-edited by Bruce Fulton
Summer
1996
vol. 8, no. 1
Stories and poems from the Pacific coast of South America; poetry guest-edited by James Hoggard
Winter
1995
vol. 7, no. 2
Writing from Viet Nam guest-edited by Nguyen Nguyet Cam and Kevin Bowen
Summer
1995
vol. 7, no. 1
Fiction from Japan guest-edited by Leza Lowitz
Winter
1994
vol. 6, no. 2
Fiction, poetry, native folk tales, and essays from the Russian Far East guest-edited by Adele Barker
Summer
1994
vol. 6, no. 1
Post-Tiananmen Square poetry from the People’s Republic of China guest-edited by Arthur Sze
Winter
1993
vol. 5, no. 2
Fiction, poetry, and memoirs from Australia guest-edited by Christina Thompson
Summer
1993
vol. 5, no. 1
Fiction, poetry, plays, and interviews from the Pacific Islands guest-edited by Vilsoni Hereniko
Fall
1992
vol. 4, no. 2
Fiction and poetry from Mexico guest-edited by Hernan Lara Zavala and Darlaine Mahealani Dudoit
Spring
1992
vol. 4, no. 1
Fiction and poetry from the Philippines guest-edited by Alfred A. Yuson
Fall
1991
vol. 3, no. 2
Fiction by women from Japan guest-edited by Masao Miyoshi
Spring
1991
vol. 3, no. 1
Fiction and poetry from Indonesia guest-edited by John McGlynn
Fall
1990
vol. 2, no. 2
Fiction from Korea guest-edited by Kim Uchang
Spring
1990
vol. 2, no. 1
Fiction, poetry, and oral narratives from Papua New Guinea guest-edited by David Roskies and Darlaine Mahealani Dudoit
Spring-Fall
1989
vol. 1, nos. 1-2
Fiction from the People’s Republic of China guest-edited by Howard Goldblatt