{"product_id":"diwata-9781934414378","title":"Diwata","description":"\u003cp\u003eTagalog is a language spoken by twenty-two million people in the Philippines. Diwata is a Tagalog term meaning \"muse.\" Diwata is also a term for a mythical being who resides in nature, and who human communities must acknowledge, respect, and appease in order to live harmoniously in this world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her book \u003cem\u003eDiwata\u003c\/em\u003e, Barbara Jane Reyes frames her poems between the Book of Genesis creation story and the Tagalog creation myth, placing her work somewhere culturally between both traditions. Also setting the tone for her poems is the death and large shadow cast by her grandfather, a World War II veteran and Bataan Death March survivor, who has passed onto her the responsibility of remembering. Reyes' voice is grounded in her community's traditions and histories, despite war and geographical dislocation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \"Estuary 2\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe was born with fins and fishtail, \u003cbr\u003e A quick blade slicing water.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe was her father's mermaid child, \u003cbr\u003e A river demon, elders said.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe mimicked her cetaceous brothers, \u003cbr\u003e Abalone diving bluest depths.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe polished smooth her brothers' masks, \u003cbr\u003e Inlaid nacre half moon eyes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe lit oak pyres and bade the wind\u003cbr\u003e A whispered requiem.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Jane Reyes\u003c\/strong\u003e is author of two previous poetry collections including \u003cem\u003ePoeta en San Francisco\u003c\/em\u003e, which was awarded the 2005 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She was born in Manila and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works as adjunct professor in Philippine studies at the University of San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom National Book Critics Circle: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Diwata as a mythological invocation takes the reader back to pre-colonial Philippines when the belief in these god and goddesses shaped the everyday lives on the Southeast Asian archipelago. They have now become your muses as you reach toward this cultural legacy to shape a distinct postmodern poetics in which you don't simply erase colonial history- you build with that narrative as well.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5064145\"\u003eBarbara Jane Reyes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934414378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934414379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005070\"\u003eAmerican | Hispanic \u0026amp; Latino\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Jane Reyes: Barbara Jane Reyes was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her undergraduate education at UC Berkeley, and her MFA at San Francisco State University. She is the author of Gravities of Center (Arkipelago, 2003) and Poeta en San Francisco (Tinfish, 2005), for which she received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReyes is a recent Pushcart Prize nominee, and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous publications, including 2nd Avenue Poetry, Asian Pacific American Journal, Boxcar Poetry Review, Chain, Crate, Interlope, New American Writing, Nocturnes Review, North American Review, Notre Dame Review, Parthenon West Review, Shampoo Poetry, Tinfish, Versal, as well as in the anthologies Babaylan (Aunt Lute, 2000), Eros Pinoy (Anvil, 2001), InvAsian: Asian Sisters Represent (Study Center Press, 2003), Going Home to a Landscape (Calyx, 2003), Coloring Book (Rattlecat, 2003), Not Home But Here (Anvil, 2003), Pinoy Poetics (Meritage, 2004), Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area (Avalon Publishing, 2004), 100 Love Poems: Philippine Love Poetry Since 1905 (University of the Philippines Press, 2004), The Lambda Award finalist Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts (Arsenal Pulp, 2005), Graphic Poetry (Victionary, 2005), The First Hay(na)ku Anthology (Meritage, 2005). She is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Mills College, and she lives with her husband, the poet Oscar Bermeo, in Oakland, CA. Her website is: http: \/\/barbarajanereyes.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48889871368479,"sku":"1934414379","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_b3e0e375-797d-4e6b-a352-8a8ef58c8817.jpg?v=1719844555","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/diwata-9781934414378","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}