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Language for a New Century

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Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond is an anthology of works by South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian poets edited by Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal and Ravi Shankar, published in 2008 by W. W. Norton & Company.{{Cite web|url=http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?id=8428|title=Language for a New Century|website=W. W. Norton & Company|access-date=5 October 2017}}

From the foreword, Carolyn Forché wrote, "Where else would we find poetry from a two-thousand-year-old Seal script, poetry written in the graphemic style of Sanskrit, as well as English versions of experimental poetry from the Marathi language."{{Cite web|title=Language For a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond {{!}} poets.org|url=https://poets.org/book/language-new-century-contemporary-poetry-middle-east-asia-and-beyond|last=Poets|first=Academy of American|website=poets.org|access-date=2020-05-22}} The poet Yusef Komunyakaa called the anthology "marvelous," and historian Howard Zinn noted that "this rich collection of poetry...fills a huge gap in our cultural heritage."{{Cite web|title=Language For a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond {{!}} poets.org|url=https://poets.org/book/language-new-century-contemporary-poetry-middle-east-asia-and-beyond|last=Poets|first=Academy of American|website=poets.org|access-date=2020-05-22}}

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In order of table of contents:{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181139502|title=Language for a new century : contemporary poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond|date=2008|publisher=W.W. Norton|others=Chang, Tina., Handal, Nathalie, 1969-, Shankar, Ravi, 1975-|isbn=978-0-393-33238-4|edition= 1st|location=New York|oclc=181139502}}

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Category:2008 poetry books

Category:2008 anthologies

Category:Poetry anthologies

Category:W. W. Norton & Company books