In this important new study on the peoples of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan), David Gullette exposes significant misconceptions that have hitherto shaped Western understanding about the role of kin
Poetry. "'What are the strata / of pastness?' a poem in this fine book asks, and David Gullette responds with ghosts, dreams, daydreams, visions— 'questionable shapes' that live beneath the surf