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From: Ralph Nazareth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Jul 8, 2005 1:50 AM
Subject: A new book by an Indian-American poet
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"India is lost, Greece forgotten
and America irrelevant.
Where shall I go, Sasha,
my dear old counsel wolf,
looking for my ox?"
from "Centerpiece"
Yugadi Publishers (Hyderabad, India) proudly announce the publication
of Ferrying Secrets, a book of poems by Ralph Nazareth. They believe
that this book signals the coming of age of Indian-American poetry in a
globalized world and moves discussions of bi-cultural experience to a
new level.
Ralph Nazareth crossed over to the West when young Americans were
flying east on their tragic mission in Vietnam. The poems in this book
explore his movement between worlds at an apocalyptic time. At once
Indian and American, personal and expansive, Nazareth's work challenges
readers to enter the vital mystery of the human, above and beyond
national and cultural differences.
He does not profess to speak for his compatriots who left India in the
mid-60s for the West. But in his imaginative findings and, above all,
in his persistent unknowing, they may see something of themselves as
they ponder the waste and wonder and, ultimately, the mystery of their
departures and arrivals. American readers will hear in the poems of
this Indian Catholic their own story re-told in the voice of a
"resident alien" mindful of the rich paradoxes bestowed on him by his
country of adoption.
Born and raised in Mangalore, Nazareth owes much to the great Jesuit
educators of Karnataka and Bombay provinces. Since coming to the U.S.
in 1968, he has worked in many parts of the country, devoting his time
to teaching, raising his children, and the cause of justice and peace.
Currently a Professor of English at Nassau Community College on Long
Island, he lives with his wife Linda in Stamford, CT.
Ferrying Secrets by Ralph Nazareth
Yugadi Publishers, Hyderabad, India
ISBN 81-87745-16-9
$9.95 / Rs. 150
US Distributor: Yuganta Press ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or call 203 322 5438.
To order, please make checks payable to Yuganta Press ($9.95 + $2.50
postage & handling) and mail to Yuganta Press, 6 Rushmore Circle,
Stamford, CT 06905
For a list of Yugadi publications, please write to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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