Presented by Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing
Gates of Reconciliation: Literature and the Ethical Imagination
Edited by Frank Stewart and Barry Lopez
In this collection of essays, fiction, and poetry set in South America, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Asia, the United States, and elsewhere, a diverse group of writers explores the role of literature in confronting the most pressing issue of our time: how individuals, communities, and nations can reconcile differences and grievances and forge a future with a renewed sense of dignity and mutual respect.
Prologue: ¡Nunca Más!, vii
Barry Lopez
FICTION
Save the I-Hotel, 1
Lysley Tenorio
In Memoriam, 35
Jorge Edwards
Cranes, 166
Hwang Sun-wŏn
POETRY
Three Poems, 19
Margaret Atwood
Eclogues, 54
Mark Tredinnick
Soul of the Felt Cloak, 93
Aku Wuwu
Two Poems, 113
Taha Muhammad Ali
Two Poems, 137
Aharon Shabtai
Three Poems, 144
Samih al-Qasim
ESSAYS
Messages from Abroad, 26
Alexis Nelson
Pollen: An Ode, 51
Christopher Cokinos
Stellwagen Bank, 66
Lydia Peelle
Visitations, 73
John Luther Adams
One Story House, 78
Rebecca Solnit
As If 1918 Never Happened, 101
Davide Sapienza
Threshold of Human Touch, 108
Kate Joyce
from Baghdad, Yesterday, 128
Sasson Somekh
The Dogs of Deng Xiao Ping, 146
Santiago Roncagliolo
Epilogue, 171
Barry Lopez
