Fragmenting the West Coast https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast <p>This countercartographic project examines how contemporary Asian poets in Canada relate their experiences of migration, culture, and the environment on the West Coast. </p> en-US rina_chua@sfu.ca (Rina Garcia Chua) digital-publishing@sfu.ca (SFU Library Digital Publishing) Sun, 02 Jul 2023 21:24:38 -0700 OJS 3.3.0.11 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Ancestral Home https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5261 <p>A poem in/about/of Vancouver Island, Vancouver, and Japan.&nbsp;</p> Lillian Nakamura Maguire Copyright (c) 2023 Lillian Nakamura Maguire https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5261 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Four deaths per mile https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5627 <p>A poem about the labour of Chinese immigrants during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.&nbsp;</p> Rina Garcia Chua Copyright (c) 2023 Rina Garcia Chua https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5627 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Untitled https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5574 <p>A poem about Whitehorse, Yukon; Chinatown, BC; Vancouver Island, and Kamloops, BC.</p> Chris Tse Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5574 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Destinations https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5625 <p>A poem about Manila, Philippines, and Vancouver and Kelowna, BC, Canada.</p> Rina Garcia Chua Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5625 Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Excerpts from: All the Time https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5575 <p>A poem about Kelowna; Vernon; Enderby; Ucluelet, and Shanghai, China.&nbsp;</p> Xiaoxuan Huang Copyright (c) 2023 Xiaoxuan Huang https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5575 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Unsettle https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5578 <p>An image about migration; in Kelowna, BC.&nbsp;</p> Gao Yujie Copyright (c) 2023 Gao Yujie https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5578 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 A Declaration, Love https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5232 <p>A poem about Vancouver, BC.</p> Hari Alluri Copyright (c) 2023 Hari Alluri https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5232 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 braid https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5231 <p>A poem about the mainland of BC.</p> Onjana Yawnghwe Copyright (c) 2023 Onjana Yawnghwe https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5231 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 case study https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5338 <p>A poem about the Mainland in BC.</p> Hari Alluri Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5338 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Islands Along Mount Pleasant https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/6147 <p>A poem about Vancouver, BC in Canada.&nbsp;</p> Steffi Tad-y Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/6147 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700 manggang hilaw https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5628 <p>A poem about the Philippines and Canada.</p> Shangrila Plaza Copyright (c) 2023 Shangrila Plaza https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5628 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Missing Asian Girl https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5259 <p>A poem about/in Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC.&nbsp;</p> Lakshmi Gill Copyright (c) 2023 Lakshmi Gill https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5259 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Mother's Line as Logarithmic Spiral https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5235 <p>A poem about Kitsilano, Vancouver and Onay Beach, Samar.</p> Lakshmi Gill Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5235 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 nanay https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5470 <p>A poem geographically set in Taiwan, the Philippines, and British Columbia.</p> Jessamine Liu Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5470 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Pre-existing Conditions https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/6148 <p>A poem about Vancouver, BC in Canada.&nbsp;</p> Steffi Tad-y Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/6148 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700 the world begins with a suitcase https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5571 <p>A poem about the Philippines, China, UK, and Canada.</p> Phebe M. Ferrer Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5571 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Vancouver City Map https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5260 <p>A poem mapping Vancouver, BC.</p> Onjana Yawnghwe Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5260 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 we were young https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5573 <p>A poem about the Philippines, Canada, and the UK.&nbsp;</p> Phebe M. Ferrer Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5573 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 winter portrait https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5579 <p>A poem about Vancouver, BC.</p> Hari Alluri Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5579 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700 beholden https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5600 <p>Comprising two lines of poetic text flowing along a 114-foot-long map of the Columbia River, this powerful image-poem by acclaimed poets Fred Wah and Rita Wong presents language yearning to understand the consequences of our hydroelectric manipulation of one of North America’s largest river systems. <br><br><em>beholden: a poem as long as the river</em> stems from the interdisciplinary artistic research project “River Relations: A Beholder’s Share of the Columbia River,” undertaken as a response to the damming and development of the Columbia River in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon, as well as to the upcoming renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty. Authors Fred Wah and Rita Wong spent time exploring various stretches of the river, all the way to its mouth near Astoria, Oregon. They then spent several months creating long poems along the Columbia, each searching for a language that evoked the complexities of our colonial appropriation of it.<em> beholden</em> was then assembled as a page-turning book that reproduces the two long poems as they respond to the meanderings of the river flowing two thousand kilometres through Canada, the United States, and the territories and reserves of Indigenous Peoples. Visual artist Nick Conbere then transferred this winding footprint into a monumental, 114-foot horizontal banner. <br><br><em>beholden: a poem as long as the river</em> “reads” the geographic, historical, political, and social dimensions of the Columbia River, literally and figuratively, proposing two contrasting kinds of attention. As both a stand-alone poem and an accompanying piece to the visual installation exhibited at various galleries, <em>beholden</em> represents a vital contribution to a larger dialogue around the river through visual art, writing, and public engagement.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>https://talonbooks.com/books/beholden</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Rita Wong, Fred Wah Copyright (c) 2023 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/fragmentingwestcoast/article/view/5600 Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700