Notes
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- Mukherjee , Bharati . 1981 . “An Invisible Woman,” . Saturday Night , Mar. : 36 – 40 .
- Gooneratne , Yasmine . 1983 . “Big Match,” . The Toronto South Asian Review , 2 ( 2 ) : 1
- Dabydeen , Cyril . 1979 . “New Life,” . In This Planet Earth , 64 Ottawa : Borealis Press .
- Padmanab , S. 1977 . “Night‐Song.” . In Songs of the Slave , 26 Cornwall, Ont. : Vesta Publications .
- Weerasinghe , Asoka . 1976 . “Sahelia,” . In Poems for Jeannie , 27 Cornwall, Ont. : Vesta Publications .
- Itwaru , Arnold . 1981 . “Shattered Songs,” . Nebula , : 55 First Quarter
- Bhaggiyadatta , Krisantha Sri . 1981 . “My Family,” . In Domestic Bliss , 9 – 10 . Toronto : Domestic Bliss .
- Bannerji , Himani . 1982 . “Terror,” . In A Separate Sky , 25 Toronto : Domestic Bliss .
- Crusz , Rienzi . 1982 . “The Sun‐Man's Poetic Five Ways,” . The Toronto South Asian Review , 1 ( 1 ) : 54
- Lakshmi Gill , M. 1972 . “Song,” . In First clearing (an immigrant's tour of life) poems , 6 Manila, Philippines : Estaniel Press .
- Bhaggiyadatta . Domestic Bliss , 23
- Hundal , Sukhwant . 1983 . “A Letter to a Friend,” . In The Toronto South Asian Review Edited by: Kalsey , Surjeet . Vol. 2 , 77 78 No. 1
- Parameswaran , Uma . 1982 . The Toronto South Asian Review , 1 ( 3 ) : 15 untitled poem
- Burke , Kenneth . 1935 . Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Change , rev. ed. , 90 New York : Bobbs‐Merrill .
- Dabydeen , Cyril . 1977 . Goatsong , 28 Ottawa : Mosaic Press .
- Bannerji . “A Savage Aesthetic,” . A Separate Sky , 46 – 47 . translated from Bengali by the poet
- Dabydeen . “Lady Icarus,” . Goatsong , 16
- Namjoshi , Suniti . “Philomel,” . In Feminist Fables , 102 London : Shebz Feminist Publishers .
- Rushdie , Salman . 1983 . Shame , 38 – 39 . Calcutta : Rupa .
- Rao , Raja . 1974 . Kanthapura , 2nd ed. , v Madras, , India : Oxford University Press . foreword to
- Dabydeen , Cyril . 1982 . “For the Sun Man,” . In Elephants Make Good Stepladders , 51 London, Ont. : Third Eye .
- Kalsey , Surjeet . 1983 . “Siddhartha Does Penance Again,” . The Toronto South Asian Review , 2 ( 1 ) : 75 – 76 .
- Davies , Ioan . 1983 . “Senses of Place,” . Canadian Forum , April : 34
A Select Bibliography of South Asian Poetry in Canada
- Bannerji , Himani . 1982 . A Separate Sky , Toronto : Domestic Bliss .
- Bhaggiyadatta , Krisantha Sri . 1981 . Domestic Bliss , Toronto : Domestic Bliss .
- Crusz , Rienzi . 1974 . Flesh and Thorn , Stratford, Ont. : The Pasdeloup Press .
- _____ . 1980 . Elephant and Ice , Erin, Ont. : The Porcupine's Quill .
- Dabydeen , Cyril . 1972 . Poems in Recession , Georgetown, Guyana : Sadeek Press .
- _____ . 1977 . Distances , Fredericton, N.B. : Fiddlehead Poetry Books .
- _____ . 1977 . Goatsong , Ottawa : Mosaic Press .
- _____ . 1979 . This Planet Earth , Ottawa : Borealis Press .
- _____ . 1982 . Elephants Make Good Stepladders , London, Ont : Third Eye .
- Gill , M. Lakshmi . 1966 . During Rain, I Plant Chrysanthemums , Toronto : The Ryerson Press .
- _____ . 1970 . Mind‐Walls: Poems , Fredericton, N.B. : Fiddlehead Poetry Books .
- _____ . 1972 . First clearing (an immigrant's tour of life) poems , Manila, Philippines : Estaniel Press .
- _____ . 1979 . Novena to St. Jude Thaddeus: Poems , Fredericton, N.B. : Fiddlehead Poetry Books .
- Gool , Réshard . Medusa's Eye , Charlottetown : Square Deal Publications . 1972; rpt. ed.
- Itwaru , Arnold . 1982 . Shattered Songs , Toronto : Aya Press .
- Kalsey , Surjeet . 1982 . Speaking to the Winds , London, Ont. : The Third Eye Publications . Translation of author's Punjabi work
- Namjoshi , Suniti . 1971 . Cyclone in Pakistan , Calcutta, India : Writer's Workshop .
- _____ . 1980 . The Jackass and the Lady , Calcutta, India : Writer's Workshop .
- _____ . 1981 . Feminist Fables , London : Sheba Feminist Publishers .
- _____ . 1982 . The Authentic Lie , Fredericton, N.B. : Fiddlehead Poetry Books .
- Ondaatje , Michael . 1967 . The Dainty Monsters , Toronto : Coach House Press .
- _____ . 1969 . The Man with Seven Toes , Toronto : Coach House Press .
- _____ . 1970 . The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems , Toronto : Anansi .
- _____ . 1973 . Rat Jelly , Toronto : Coach House Press .
- _____ . 1979 . There's a Trick with a Knife 1 Am Learning to Do: Poems 1963 to 1978 , Toronto : McClelland and Stewart .
- _____ . 1982 . Running in the Family , Toronto : McClelland and Stewart .
- Padmanab , S. 1977 . Songs of the Slave , Cornwall, Ont. : Vesta Publications .
- Parameswaran , Uma . 1974 . Cyclic Hope Cyclic Pain , Calcutta, India : Writer's Workshop .
- _____. “Trishanku.” In progress.
- Weerasinghe , Asoka . 1972 . Spring Quartet , U.K. : Breakthru Press .
- _____ . 1976 . Poems for Jeannie , Cornwall, Ont. : Vesta Publications .
- _____ . 1977 . Poems in November , Ottawa : Commoner's Publishing .
- _____ . 1980 . Hot Tea and Cinnamon Buns , Cornwall, Ont. : Vesta Publications .
- _____ . 1981 . Home Again Lanka , Ottawa : Commoner's .
- _____ . 1983 . Selected Poems, 1958–1983 , Cornwall, Ont. : Vesta Publications .
- This is a somewhat altered version of a paper presented at the Conference on South Asian Canadian Literature held in Toronto in October 1983 under the auspices of The Toronto South Asian Review. My thanks to the TSAR for permission to publish this paper.