| Description |
330 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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Includes the Tate poem, "Land of little sticks, 1945" (p. 19). |
| Summary |
An anthology on the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the A-bomb on Japan. In When We Say Hiroshima, Sadako writes: "When we say Hiroshima, / do people answer, gently, / Ah, Hiroshima? / Say Hiroshima, and hear Pearl Harbor. / Say Hiroshima, and hear Rape of Nanjing. / Say Hiroshima, and hear of women and children / thrown into trenches, doused with gasoline, / and burned alive in Manila...Say Hiroshima, / and we don't hear, gently, / Ah, Hiroshima." |
| Subject |
Atomic bomb victims -- Poetry.
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Antinuclear movement -- Poetry.
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Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects -- Poetry.
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American poetry -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Bradley, John, 1950-
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Tate, James, 1943-2015.
Land of little sticks, 1945.
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| ISBN |
1566890276 (pbk. : acid-free) |
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9781566890274 (pbk. : acid-free) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 1204318 |
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NZ1 3064295 |
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AU@ 000011142859 |
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