Drivers at the Short-Time Motel

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Eugene Gloria

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Penguin Random House Australia
01 June 2000

Poetry

Series: Penguin Poets

Ephemeral lives, and souls lost in the tattered fabric of war, displacement, and ruined love find hope, redemption, and a common voice in Eugene Gloria's artful concoction of American and Filipino vernaculars. While some of these thirty poems deal with the landscape and folkways of contemporary Filipinos, others locate themselves on the streets and byways of present-day America. Like many poets of dual heritage, Gloria's work is concerned with self-definition, with the attempt to reconcile a feeling of exile and homelessness. Frequently taking the form of character studies and first-person narratives, Gloria's poems poignantly illuminate the common man's search for connection to the self and to the world.""Eugene Gloria's Drivers at the Short-Time Motel is propelled by an imagistic sincerity and paced lyricism. Each poem seems to embody the plain-spoken as well as the embellishments that we associate with classical and modern Asian poetry. Though many of the poems address the lingering hurt of cultural and economic imperialism, worlds coexist in the same skin through magical imagery. Gauged by a keen eye, history is scrutinized, but through a playful exactness. These wonderful poems are trustworthy."" --Yusef Komunyaaka

By: Eugene Gloria
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 104g
ISBN: 9780140589252
ISBN 10: 0140589252
Series: Penguin Poets
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 01 June 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Drivers at the Short-Time MotelI In Language Mauricio's Song White Blouses Winter Fires Saint Joe Subic Bay Ruin ""Where the Feeble Senses Fail"" Song of the Pillar Woman The Maid The Driver Conrado's Penitent Life Drivers at the Short-Time Motel The House in San Miguel II For the Dead and What's Inside Us On Mission Road Iron Man Milkfish The Whisper Nocturne: Two Versions Sisters of the Poor Clares Pan de Sal Elegy for No One III Palawan Rizal's Ghost News of Pol Pot's Capture Sweet Talk Palm Sunday Carlos Bulosan White Flower The Buick"

Eugene Gloria was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised in San Francisco. He was educated at San Francisco State University, Miami University of Ohio, and the University of Oregon. His first collection of poetry, Drivers at the Short-Time Motel, was selected for the 1999 National Poetry Series and also won the Asian American Literary Award. Gloria is also the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant, a Poetry Society of America award, and a Pushcart Prize. He teaches at DePauw University and lives in Greencastle, Indiana.