Official Review: Best Evidence by Mark S. Osaki
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Re: Official Review: Best Evidence by Mark S. Osaki
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Thank you for your kind comments! I have not heard of Ocean Vuong; I'll have to check his poems out. Thanks for the recommendation!Ginnamassa19 wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 10:45 Thank you for your illuminating review! The poems do sound good, although it's a pity that the Asian concept of patriarchy might have influenced the writing. The cultural topics broached in this kind of remind me of Ocean Vuong's poetry--if you liked these, you might like those
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Thank you for stopping by! Osaki's poems are well-written, so if you decide to pick it up, I hope that you will enjoy it!Julie Green wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 11:43 I have never come across prose poetry before and your review has inspired me to take a look. It sounds like it works well as an art form of writing..
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Thank you for stopping by nonetheless!
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Thank you for the compliment! It was a pity that the work had some elements of sexism, but as mentioned, it might be a product of culture and tradition, which is not easy to remove. Thank you for stopping by, I appreciate it! (:julessawyer wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 02:27 Yoyr review was excellent. It's good that you've taken a point out for the author's sexism. although i hope you've taken more due his sexism regardless of excellent poetry. what good is a poet who put women down?
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It is indeed; if you do decide to pick it up, I hope that you will enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by!
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Is prose poetry different from free verse?
I am Asian myself, but I do not think that women are inferior in our society. I do feel that Japan still treats women as subordinate to its men (or maybe I got the wrong impression when I visited last year). I wouldn't know about the Vietnamese.
Surely, that war had a great impact on the Vietnamese. I was told by a friend who lived there for more than a decade that American products will never have a place in Vietnam. It's the only country where I didn't see a McDonald's. (Of course, I have gone to only a few.) Google also told me that Vietnam is among the top ten most peaceful countries in the world; they learned a hard lesson.
Thanks for your incisive scrutiny of Osaki's evidence.
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Hi Miriam! TBH, I'm not that sure about the differences between prose poetry and free verse, but I think the former may be a subset of the latter – please do correct me if I'm wrong.Miriam Molina wrote: ↑02 Jul 2018, 19:41 I am a frustrated poet myself; my poetry is frustrating, LOL!
Is prose poetry different from free verse?
I am Asian myself, but I do not think that women are inferior in our society. I do feel that Japan still treats women as subordinate to its men (or maybe I got the wrong impression when I visited last year). I wouldn't know about the Vietnamese.
Surely, that war had a great impact on the Vietnamese. I was told by a friend who lived there for more than a decade that American products will never have a place in Vietnam. It's the only country where I didn't see a McDonald's. (Of course, I have gone to only a few.) Google also told me that Vietnam is among the top ten most peaceful countries in the world; they learned a hard lesson.
Thanks for your incisive scrutiny of Osaki's evidence.
I am Asian too (although I do not live in America), but I suppose that whilst women are not blatantly discriminated against in Asian culture now, I feel that there are still some insidious undercurrents left which hint at it. ("What's the use of pursuing further education", "You can't cook?!", etc etc)
About Japan, I definitely agree with you that they still objectify their women, and it's honestly horrifying how they act sometimes – I was so surprised that chikan (groping/sexual molestation onboard trains) is still a common occurrence with no effective countermeasure introduced.
I have to say, I've never been to Vietnam, but from what you mentioned, peace is an expensive commodity and not easily gained, don't you agree? I can only hope that the rest of us will be able to learn from them and hopefully not pay such a high price (cough *Trump* cough).
Thank you for stopping by, I appreciate it very much!
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I'm shocked to hear about "chikan." In the Philippines, I believe we call that "chancing." But our trains are so crowded, so I doubt any groping will be noticed.
No to more war, please!
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