Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The Makers of the Asian American Poetic Landscape 1 -- Guiyou Huang -- Ai (1947- ) 15 -- Nikolas Huot -- Meena Alexander (1951- ) 21 -- Purvi Shah -- Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001) 31 -- Purvi Shah -- Himani Bannerji (1942- ) 37 -- Chandrima Chakraborty -- Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge (1947- ) 45 -- Xiaoping Yen -- Virginia R. Cerenio (1955- ) 53 -- Melinda L de Jesus -- GS. Sharat Chandra (1938-2000) 59 -- Keith Lawrence -- Diana Chang (1934-) 65 -- Eduardo de Almeida -- Marilyn Mei Ling Chin (1955- )71 -- Zhou Xiaojing -- Eric Chock (1950- ) 83 -- Rhoda J. Yen -- Rienzi Crusz (1925- ) 89 -- Di Gan Blackburn -- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956- ) 93 -- Purvi Shah -- Jessica Hagedom (1949- ) 101 -- George Uba -- Kimiko Hahn (1955- ) 113 -- Zhou Xiaojing -- Yukihide Maeshima Hartman (1939- )121 -- Joe Kraus -- Sadakichi Hartmann (1867-1944) 125 -- Linda Trinh Moser -- Garrett Hongo (1951- ) 133 -- Roy Osamu Kamada -- Lawson Fusao Inada (1938- ) 145 -- Gayle K. Sato -- Lonny Kaneko (1939- ) 159 -- Tamiko Nimura -- Myung Mi Kim (1957-) 165 -- James Kyung-Jin Lee -- Juliet Sanae Kono (1943- )173 -- Nikolas Huot -- Lydia Kwa (1959- ) 179 -- Gaik Cheng Khoo -- Alan Chong Lau (1948- ) 185 -- Brian Komei Dempster -- Carolyn Lau (1946- ) 189 -- Rowena Tomaneng Matsunari -- Evelyn Lau (1971- ) 195 -- Nikolas Huot -- Le Thi Diem Thuy (1972- ) 201 -- Melinda L. de Jesus -- Li-Young Lee (1957- ) 205 -- Wenying Xu -- Shirley Geok-Lin Lim (1944- ) 213 -- Nina Morgan -- Fatima Lim-Wilson (1961- ) 219 -- Bill Clem -- Wing Tek Lum (1946- ) 223 -- Lavonne Leong -- Pat Matsueda (1952- ) 229 -- Lavonne Leong -- Janice Mirikitani (1941- ) 233 -- Tamiko Nimura -- David Mura (1952- ) 243 -- Roy Osamu Kamada -- Tran Thi Nga (1927- ) 255 -- Michele Janette -- Yone Noguchi (1875-1947) 259 -- Edward Marx -- Uma Parameswaran (1938- ) 267 -- Di Gan Blackburn -- Albert Saijo (1926- ) 271 -- Lavonne Leong -- Cathy Song (1955- ) 275 -- Gayle K. Sato -- Toyo Suyemoto (1916- ) 289 -- Robert Hayashi -- Arthur Sze (1950- ) 293 -- Zhou Xiaojing -- Jose Garcia Villa (1908-1997) 305 -- Rocio G. Davis -- Nanying Stella Wong (1914- ) 311 -- Shawn Holliday -- Nellie Wong (1934- ) 313 -- Ernest J. Smith -- Rita Wong (1968- ) 319 -- Gaik Cheng Khoo -- Merle Woo (1941- ) 323 -- Su-ching Huang -- Mitsuye (May) Yamada (1923-) 331 -- Di Gan Blackburn -- Lois-Ann Yamanaka (1961- )337 -- Peter E. Morgan -- John Yau (1950- ) 343 -- Zhou Xiaojing -- Selected Bibliography 357 -- Index 361 -- About the Editor and Contributors 371.