Best Evidence - Mark S Osaki

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Résumé :
Poet Mark S. Osaki covers a number of poignant topics in Best Evidence. Each poem in the four sections gives you a glimpse of a formative moment in Osaki's life or expands your viewpoint on conflicts in the world. Some poems, like the powerful Chinese Camp, California, speak of a larger cultural experience and the nuances of navigating identity as an Asian American. Others still, like Gun Song, show the psychological and cultural impact of war. In each new work, Osaki captures powerful moments of longing and loss....

Biographie:
Mark S. Osaki was born in Sacramento, California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley as an Alumni Scholar and went on to do graduate work in International Relations and Security Studies.His work has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including: The Georgia Review, Carrying the Darkness-The Poetry of the Vietnam War (Avon, Texas Tech University Press), South Carolina Review, Men of Our Time-An Anthology of Male Poetry in Contemporary America (University of Georgia Press), Breaking Silence-An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Poets (Greenfield Review Press), Onset Review and B?o Gi?y-Vietnamese Poetry.Mark has received awards for his poetry from the Academy of American Poets, University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco Arts Commission, Seattle Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and is a multiple Pushcart Prize nominee. He is active in domestic violence and battered women's shelters and animal rescue organizations.His book, Best Evidence, was awarded an Honorable Mention for Best Book of Poetry in 2021 by Winning Writers....