The Nanjing Massacre
Lum, Wing Poetry. Asian American Studies. The subject is the notorious Japanese occupation of Nanjing, China, in 1937. Wing Tek Lum's poems capture all perspectives of the tragedy--from the weary, casually cruel Japanese soldiers to the uncomprehending child victims, and from the desperate helpless parents and the brutalized "comfort women" to the bloodless yet vicious bureacrats of death."THE NANJING MASSACRE is a striking volume of poetry. The poems, ...