New Releases by Fred Wah

Diamond Grill is a rich banquet where Salisbury Steak shares a menu with chicken fried rice, bird''s nest soup sets the stage for Christmas pudding; where racism from whites for being Chinese and from Chinese for being white simmers behind the shiny clean surface of the action in the cafe. This story of family and identity, migration and integration, culture and self-discovery is told through family history, memory, glimpses of life, and the occasional recipe.

Beginning with an editorial conversation around "the work so far" in 1990, this book has become a great deal more than simply a "progress report" from one of our leading poets. "The penetration of Wah''s poetry is into essence". -- Montreal Gazette

From a ''sky clearing moon'' to Pachinko neon to the Hume Hotel Ballroom, Fred Wah searches for his father within various forms and embraces. This is a beautiful book and we are in the muscle and limbs of rough cut clear language - live bright fish slapping the table. The Elite series is stunning and rare. --Michael Ondaatje.

An important and enduring long poem from the most poetical of the TISH poets.

This volume includes work selected from each of Fred Wah''s earlier books of poetry: Lardeau, Mountain, among, Treeand Pictograms from the Interior of B.C.; in addition to unpublished work and work from the manuscript edition of Breathin'' My Name with a Sigh.