TRI / VIA
by Michelle Naka Pierce
and Veronica Corpuz
cover art by Barbeio Barros Gizzi
PUBLUSH, Pittsburgh
Copyright 2003

This volume of poetry is "an epistolary collection of innovative poetry…the culmination of three years of collaborative work on projects ranging from poetic inquiries to community fundraisers." TRI / VIA explores sexuality and gender, authorship and textual interchange, while challenging traditional forms and definitions of poetry.

The pages are rich with jarring thoughts, images and juxtapositions. The poems take the shape of aphorisms, letters, multiple choice exams, and definitions from a dictionary, and yet…are none of these things. The last piece in TRI / VIA is a one-sentence poem that suggests a variety of forms that a poem might be clothed in:

Without forcing a definition of poetry, the sentence above seems to have fleshed out what Archibald MacLeish said in closing "Ars Poetica:"

"A poem should not mean
But be."

For more information on TRI / VIA, see www.publush.com.

OOV Bookshelf 2003

Towards a Cultural Community: Identity, Education and Stewardship in Filipino American Performing Arts by Remé Grefalda, Lucy Burns, Anna Alves and Theodore Gonzalves Understanding Mindanao Conflict by Patricio P. Diaz Not Home, But Here: Writing from the Filipino Diaspora edited by Luisa Igloria The Right Place and Other Stories by Rodney Dakita Garcia Escape to Manila: From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror by Frank Ephraim A Watch in the Night by Denis Murphy Ang Balabal ng Diyos / Ang Silid ng Makasalanan by Rosario de Guzman Lingat Lakas and the Manilatown Fish by Anthony D. Robles Gravities of Center by Barbara J. Pulmano Reyes TRI/VIA by Michelle Naka Pierce and Veronica Corpuz Love Gathers All by Singaporean and Filipino writers Not My Bowl of Rice by E.R. Escobar Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard The Stranded Whale by Linda Ty-Casper Monster by Joel Tan