The Deluge by Anthology and translated by Linh Dinh

This is poetry from Vietnam.

The Deluge by Anthology translated by Linh Dinh is published by Chax Press. This is a Book originally written in Vietnamese. This was published in 2013.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780989431637E12.

The Deluge is an anthology of Vietnamese poetry, translated by Linh Dinh, published by Chax Press in 2013. It is an anthology of Vietnamese poetry where flood, history, and lyric survival press against one another. As an anthology, it offers readers a gathered field of aftermath, not a single story, letting water become both disaster and method of carrying voices forward. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved before it can be felt. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of Vietnam; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.