Kaya Press

Lament in the Night

By Shosun Nagahara.

Lament in the Night collects two remarkable novellas by the author Shosun Nagahara, translated from the Japanese for the first time. The title novella, originally published in 1925, follows itinerant day laborer Ishikawa Sazuko as he prowls the back alleys and bathhouses of Los Angeles, looking for a meal, a job or just someone to hold onto. The second novella follows a young mother working her way through bars and nightclubs after being abandoned by her gambling-addicted husband. Written in a deadpan tone that is both evocative and precise, this dazzling exercise in 1920s naturalist noir promises to become a classic of American literature. This first-ever English language publication of Lament in the Night opens up a whole realm of American literature that has been woefully underpublished and unexplored--namely, the literary heritage of non-English-speaking immigrants in America. Nagahara was influenced by many Western writers--especially Knut Hamsun, whose work he translated into Japanese--and his novels combine the gritty sensibility of Los Angeles noir with elements of Japanese traditional storytelling and epistolary techniques.

Migritude

By Shailja Patel.

The U.S. debut of internationally acclaimed poet and performance artist Shailja Patel, Migritude is a tour-de-force hybrid text that confounds categories and conventions. Part poetic memoir, part political history, Migritude weaves together family history, reportage and monologues to create an achingly beautiful portrait of women's lives and migrant journeys undertaken under the boot print of Empire. Patel, who was born in Kenya and educated in England and the U.S., honed her poetic skills in performances of this work that have received standing ovations throughout Europe, Africa and North America. She has been described by the Gulf Times as "the poetic equivalent of Arundhati Roy" and by CNN as "the face of globalization as a people-centered phenomenon of migration and exchange." Migritude includes interviews with the author, as well as performance notes and essays.

Water Chasing Water

By Koon Woon.

Described by Bob Holman as "Li Po in drag, the voice of New America," Koon Woon exploded onto the poetry scene in the late 1990s. Largely self-taught, and struggling with both mental illness and homelessness, Seattle-based Woon wrote about the back alleys and tenement rooms on the margins of immigrant culture. His first collection, The Truth in Rented Rooms (included in this volume), won a PEN poetry prize and earned praise from Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Garrison Keillor. Water Chasing Water is Woon's second collection, and continues his exploration of loneliness and memory with poems and essays that seek out "This light / Without which existence is not detectable."

LAMENT IN THE NIGHT
By Shosun Nagahara.
ISBN: 9781885030481 | US $16.95
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MIGRITUDE
By Shailja Patel.
ISBN: 9781885030054 | US $15.95
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WATER CHASING WATER
By Koon Woon.
ISBN: 9781885030498 | US $14.95
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CAMERA OBTRUSA: THE ACTION DOCUMENTARIES OF HARA KAZUO
Translated by Pat Noonan, Takuo Yasuda. Essay by Abé Mark Nornes.
ISBN: 9781885030443 | US $22.95
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WHERE WE ONCE BELONGED
Edited by Sia Figiel.
ISBN: 9781885030276 | US $14.95
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ROLLING THE R'S
By R. Zamora Linmark.
ISBN: 9781885030030 | US $12.95
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THE TEMPERATURE OF THIS WATER
By Ishle Park.
ISBN: 9781885030399 | US $12.95
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SHANGHAI DANCING
By Brian Castro.
ISBN: 9781885030429 | US $18.95
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ROUGHHOUSE
By Thaddeus Rutkowski.
ISBN: 9781885030269 | US $10.95
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SIA FIGIEL: THEY WHO DO NOT GRIEVE
By Sia Figiel.
ISBN: 9781885030337 | US $14.95
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WAYLAID
Text by Lin, Ed.
ISBN: 9781885030320 | US $12.95
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THIS IS A BUST
By Ed Lin.
ISBN: 9781885030450 | US $14.95
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CITY TERRACE FIELD MANUAL
Text by Sesshu Foster.
ISBN: 9781885030191 | US $12.95
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BEAT TAKESHI VS. TAKESHI KITANO
Essay by Casio Abe. Foreword by Daisuke Miyao. Introduction by Lawrence Chua. Afterword by William Gardner.
ISBN: 9781885030405 | US $22.50
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MAPS OF CITY AND BODY: SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE PERFORMANCES OF DENISE UYEHARA
Artwork by Denise Uyehara.
ISBN: 9781885030382 | US $14.95
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THE EYE OF THE FISH
Artwork by Luis Francia.
ISBN: 9781885030313 | US $15.95
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EAST GOES WEST
By Younghill Kang.
ISBN: 9781885030115 | US $16.95
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THE UNBEARABLE HEART
By Kimiko Hahn.
ISBN: 9781885030016 | US $11.95
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AMERICA AND OTHER POEMS: SELECTED POETRY BY NOBUO AYUKAWA
By Ayukawa Nobuo. Introduction by Shogo Oketani. Translated by Shogo Oketani, Leza Lowitz.
ISBN: 9781885030412 | US $14.95
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THE ANCHORED ANGEL
By Luis Cabalquinto. Edited by Eileen Tabios. Contributions by Nick Carbo, Jonathan Chua, Jose Garcia Villa.
ISBN: 9781885030283 | US $14.95
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MOUTH
By Lisa Chen.
ISBN: 9781885030436 | US $13.95
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BRIDGEABLE SHORES
Edited by Eileen Tabios.
ISBN: 9781885030344 | US $12.95
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ORIENTAL GIRLS DESIRE ROMANCE
By Catherine Liu.
ISBN: 9781885030245 | US $13.95
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MUAE NO. 2
ISBN: 9781885030221 | US $16.95
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TOMIE'S CHAIR
By Josey Foo. Introduction by Tomie Arai.
ISBN: 9781885030368 | US $13.95
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PREMONITIONS: THE KAYA ANTHOLOGY OF NEW ASIAN NORTH AMERCIAN POETRY
By Walter Lew.
ISBN: 9781885030146 | US $22.95
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PREMONITIONS: THE KAYA ANTHOLOGY OF NEW ASIAN NORTH AMERCIAN POETRY
By Walter Lew.
ISBN: 9781885030139 | US $44.95
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HYPERART: THOMASSON
Essays by Jordan Sand, Reiko Tomii. Translated by Matthew Fargo.
ISBN: 9781885030467 | US $17.95
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