\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristine Kitano's second poetry collection elicits a sense of hunger\u0026#151;an intense longing for home and an ache for human connection. Channeling both real and imagined immigration experiences of her own family\u0026#151;her grandmothers, who fled Korea and Japan; and her father, a Japanese American who was incarcerated during WWII\u0026#151;Kitano's ambitious poetry speaks for those who have been historically silenced and displaced.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cB\u003eChristine Kitano\u003c/B\u003e's first collection of poetry, \u003cI\u003eBirds of Paradise\u003c/I\u003e, was published by Lynx House Press. She lives in Ithaca, NY, where she is an assistant professor of creative writing, poetry, and Asian American literature at Ithaca College.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e
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