Farang
Published on 10. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-932870-34-3 (ISBN)
Description
Blair's third collection documents the author's experiences living in Thailand. A lyric and insightful collection that explores travel, identity, and memory.
Reviews / Votes
"Peter Blair's Farang utilizes the best elements oftravelogue, memoir and documentary. These poems are panoramic and
introspective, foreign and intimate. Crossing genres and cultures, Blair writes
lucidly from the crossroads where memory and empathy intersect." -Terrance Hayes
"Like most Peace Corps volunteers, Peter Blair had a passion
for absorbing the culture of his host country. In Farang, a collection of
thirty-six poems, he offers a perceptive narrative in lyrical poetry about his
experiences in Thailand." -Tony Zurlo, Peace Corps Worldwide
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Pittsburgh
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
118 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-932870-34-3 (9781932870343)
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Person
PETER BLAIR's most recent book is Farang, published by Autumn House Press. His first full-length book, Last Heat, won the Washington Prize in 1999 and was published by Word Works Press. Born in Pittsburgh, he has worked in a psychiatric ward, a steel mill, and served three years in the Peace Corps in Thailand. Currently, he teaches at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and lives there with his wife and son.