Poetry. Asian American Studies. Revised and enlarged edition. Author of two highly praised collections of stories and a previous book of poems, Linh Dinh has also edited an anthology of Vietnamese fiction (Night, Again: Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam) as well as the popular THREE VIETNAMESE POETS (Tinfish Press). "There are two kinds of readers in English, those who are passionate fans of the poetry of Linh Dinh and those who have yet to read his writing..."--Ron Silliman. "Reading Linh Dinh is a tonic and a revelation. His poems might have taken off the top of Dickinson's head..."--Rachel Loden.

Author City: PHILADELPHIA, PA USA

Dinh was born in Saigon, Vietnam, came to the US in 1975, and is living in Philadelphia. In 2005, he was a David Wong fellow at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, England. He spent 2002-2003 in Italy as a guest of the International Parliament of Writers and the town of Certaldo. His books include the story collections Fake House (Seven Stories Press, 2000) and Blood and Soap (Seven Stories Press, 2004), and the poetry chapbook DRUNKARD BOXING (Singing Horse Press, 1998) and the collections ALL AROUND WHAT EMPTIES OUT (Tinfish, 2003), AMERICAN TATTS (Chax, 2005), BORDERLESS BODIES (Factory School, 2006), JAM ALERTS (Chax, 2007), and SOME KIND OF CHEESE ORGY (Chax, 2009).

Reviews and Other Links
http://www.vietnamlit.org/wiki/index.php?title=Linh_Dinh
http://wwwwsonneteighteencom.blogspot.com/
http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Dinh.php