July 28, 2016 Reviewed by Vanesa Pacheco Teow Lim Goh’s collection of poems imagines the lost stories of the women detained on Angel Island’s Immigration Station, as well as of their families, staff, and of those involved in the 1877 San Francisco Chinatown Riots. Decades after the Immigration station closed, poems were found written on […]
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Review of Islanders by The Fem
August 8th, 2016 | by caleb | published in Blog, Teow Lim Goh | Leave A Comment »
Official Release: Poetry Collection Brings to Life the Lost Voices of Asian Immigrants
July 12th, 2016 | by steve mcconnell | published in Blog, Events, Teow Lim Goh | Leave A Comment »
Denver poet Teow Lim Goh explores the challenges and triumphs of Chinese immigrants in her debut collection of poetry, Islanders; lost voices of immigrants held on Angel Island, California. Teow Lim Goh’s debut poetry collection Islanders has received heaps of praise and attention from numerous publications prior to the book’s official release July 12, 2016. In searing poetic language, […]
Islanders Receives Bountiful Praise from Reviewers
June 3rd, 2016 | by steve mcconnell | published in Blog, Teow Lim Goh | Leave A Comment »
Teow Lim Goh’s momentous debut poetry collection Islanders has received heaps of praise and interest from several publications since the soft launch of her book through our online bookstore. And we’re anticipating the publication of more reviews and interviews before the official release of Islanders on July 12. Since the lead-up to and the soft […]
Series of Readings from Islanders Slated for May and June
May 19th, 2016 | by steve mcconnell | published in Blog, Events, Teow Lim Goh | Leave A Comment »
Colorado author Teow Lim Goh blends fact and fiction, politics and intimacy in her chronicle of a forgotten episode in American history. Join Teow Lim Goh at any of the following events listed below to hear poems from her moving new collection of poetry Islanders. You can pick up a copy of Goh’s debut collection […]
Islanders On Sale Today; Explores the Lost Voices of America’s Immigrants
May 16th, 2016 | by steve mcconnell | published in Blog, Teow Lim Goh | Leave A Comment »
So often the tales of immigrants are buried beneath the gathering dust of history. But these stories can tell us so much more about what it means to be American than almost any other type of known literature. The process of acculturation, of becoming American, the hard road that many traveled and the unknown tales […]
Collected Poems: In Honor of National Poetry Month
April 19th, 2016 | by steve mcconnell | published in Blog, Teow Lim Goh | Leave A Comment »
For National Poetry Month, Conundrum Press has asked our poets and writers to offer their thoughts on poetry. We will be publishing reflections throughout the month. Teow Lim Goh: Lately I have been reading volumes of collected poems, in particular, those of Jack Gilbert, Louise Glück, and Muriel Rukeyser. For a poet to have a […]
Islanders by Teow Lim Goh
March 25th, 2016 | by caleb | published in Blog, New Releases, Poetry, Teow Lim Goh | 2 Comments »
Between 1910 and 1940, Chinese immigrants to America were detained at the Angel Island Immigration Station in the San Francisco Bay. As they waited for weeks and months to know if they could land, some of them wrote poems on the walls. All the poems we have on record were found in the men’s barracks: […]