"Diasporic Avant-Gardes" draws into dialogue twodiffering traditions ofpoetic practice: the diasporic and the avant-garde. This interdisciplinary collectionexamines the unacknowledged affinities (and crucial differences) between avant-garde and diasporic formal strategies and social formations. The essays foreground the creation of experimental forms and investigate the specific contexts of cultural displacement andlanguage use that inform their poetics.

"Diasporic Avant-Gardes" draws into dialogue twodiffering traditions ofpoetic practice: the diasporic and the avant-garde. This interdisciplinary collectionexamines the unacknowledged affinities (and crucial differences) between avant-garde and diasporic formal strategies and social formations. The essays foreground the creation of experimental forms and investigate the specific contexts of cultural displacement andlanguage use that inform their poetics