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CONCERT OF VOICES

Willi Chen. "A am' Iron he t," from King of the ar11ii1al a11d Other tories. Lond n:

Han ib, 19 . Reprinted by permi ion of the author.

Marilyn Chin. "Elegy for hloe

Terrace Empty. 1inneapoli , M

1ilkweed Edition .

guyen (l 955-1 )," from The Phoenix 011e, the

lilkweed Edition , 1994. Reprinted b permi ion f

Au tin Clarke. "The [an," from \'\Then \ omen Rule. Toronto: c lelland

1985. Reprinted by permi ion of the author.

te~ art,

Saros Cowasjee. "Hi Father' Medal ," from More tories from the Raj and After.

London: Grafton Book , 1986. Reprinted by permi sion of the author.

Rienzi Crusz. "Root "and "In the Idiom of the un," from A Time for Loving. Ti ronto:

T AR, 1986. Reprinted by permi ion ofT AR Publication .

Cyril Dabydeen. "My Mother," from toning the Wind. Toronto: T R Publi ation ,

1994. Reprinted by permi ion of the author.

David Dabydeen. "Catching rab " and "The ew Poetry," from Coolie Odyssey.

London: Han ib, 1988. Reprinted by permi ion of the author.

Fred D'Aguiar. "Home." Reprinted by permission of ARIEL and of the au th r. "A on in

hadow: Remembering, in Fragments, a Lo t Parent," from Harper 's Magazine Mar h

1999. opyright © 1999 by Harper's Magazine. Reprodu ed from the Mar hi uc with

pecial permi sion. Reprinted by permi ion of Harper' Magazine. All right re rved.

Kamala Das. "An Introduction," from ummer in alcutta. London: Heinemann, 1965;

"The Looking Gia s," from The Descendants. London: Heinemann, 1967. Reprint d by

permi ion of the author.

Jack Davi . "Pay Back" and "White Fan ta y- Bia k Fact," from Paperbark: A ollection

of Black Australian Writing. t Lucia, Qld.: Univer ity f Queen land Pre , I 990.

Reprinted by permi ion of the author.

Anita De ai. " urfa e Texture ," from Games at Twilight. London: Penguin, I 978.

opyrigh1 © I 978 Anita De ai. Reprinted by permission of the author c/o Rogers,

olcndge & White Ltd., 20 Powi Mew , Lond n 11 I J .

unice de ouza . " atholic Mother" and "Return," from Indian Rnglish Poetry.

H derabad: Longman, I 990. Reprinted by permi sion of the author.

i im zekiel. "In India," from The nf111ishetl Man. ~ al utta: Writer's Workshop,

l 96Ct Reprinted by pcrmis!.ion of the author.

Lorna di on . urvivor, ' from I leartease. London: cw Beac.on Books, 1988.

Reprinted b pcrm1s ion of cw Bea on Boob Ltd.; "Lessons Learned from the Royal

I' rimer," rum .0111 rolling the ilvcr h1cago· niversi t y of I lit nots l'ress, 2005.

){ ·primed by pcrmb ion of niversit} of Jll111cm Press.

572

.td111< < 1nrd i111 1 , ,,,

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l\.ti' ·r 11.tq. "Str Ml 'l' I'll t 111 · ," lrn111 AP/! I 2ll, I 199 ), J{ I nut d l I rm1 1 n

\/Ill.

I.tin· II.tr i,, "I >l.tth 111 S11111111(1," from lire C 01111/1!11111 o \\111ttr. trJt tr ,

\\ 11111111, \\',tll.1,l, I 'IX I. lfrpr 111tul h "J'l'I rni"inn ol ( 11111 l' I Ille I d1t1011 ; n tlw < .knh11\\ • hr'>l 11111, c .tlg.11 y." Rl pr irttl' I hr 1wr111i '11111 11! tht .1111h11r nd o

\ tl'ton 11.nris. "K.111.ii111.1," lrn111 H/111~c>rph1·11,1\111/1ol11g •.Ako .1: lbJri lb d.m, I

lh pr tllll J hr pl r mi"ion ot till' .1uthor.

lll•"i • llc.1cl . "I hl C ollntor ot 'fr-c.1,Url'\," trorn /ht' C c>llt•dor ,, Ina rm

/ltt/\11 rl/111 Vi/111 .• ,. /11/1·.. ) lord: I lcincm.llln. 1977. lkpr intl'd hr per 011 I• n I

lnhn,on 1 td. on hd1.11! ol thl· ,1uthor.

A.I . llopc . 1.111 hid.n'." from ( 11/latcd P11c1m 19~0 /Yo'i .• 'c\' York:\ 1 111 •I

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CONCERT OF VOICES

Jo Kogawa. "What Do I Remember of th Eva uation?" and "When Iv a a Little irl,"

from A Choice of Dreams. Toronto: 1 lelland tewart 1974. Reprinted b p rmi '­

ion of the author.

Alex La Gurna. " Matter of Ta te," from A \ nlk i11 the ight n11d Other torie-.

Evan ton, IL: orthwe tern ni ersit Pre , 1968. Reprinted by p rmi ion.

Fiona Tinwei Lam. "The Hyphenated," from fllti111nte Dista11ce . Robert reek, B

ight:wood Edition , 2002. Reprinted by permi ion of ightwood Edition .

Shirley Geok-lin Lim. "Pa port , ' from ARIEL; "To Li Poh," from Bridges: Litemt11re

Across Cultures. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1994. Reprinted by permi ion of the author.

Jayanta Mahapatra. "Freedom" and "The Portrait." Reprinted by permi sion of the author;

"The Abandoned British emetery at Bala ore," from The FnLe tnrt. Bombay: lea ring

Hou e, 1980. Fir t publi hed in ewanee Review. Reprinted by permis ion of the author.

Lee Maracle. "Charlie," from Sojourner's Truth and Other tories. ancouver: Pre

Gang, 1980. Reprinted by permi ion of the author.

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