This poetry collection is the record of an American\'s return home after a decade abroad, an exile imposed solely because he loved another man. "Steve Bellin-Oka\'s poems hold in balance an intensified language and a passionate voice that bring together the struggles of the inner life with stark r.
In a virtuoso display of lyric and formal inventiveness, Bellin-Oka\'s poems meditate on the myriad losses engendered by diaspora: of home, family and sexual identity, and spiritual certainty.
This poetry collection is the record of an American\'s return home after a decade abroad, an exile imposed solely because he loved another man