Joseph Bruchac's Breaking Silence: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Poets (1983) provides an introduction to poetry written by a wide range of Asian American authors. Included in this collection are several poems by Hahn, such as “When You Leave,” “Dance Instructions for a Young Girl,” and “A Girl Combs Her Hair.” Other writers represented in this book are some of the most well-known Asian American poets in contemporary literature: Garrett Kaoru Hongo, Joy Kogawa, Diana Chang, Marilyn Chin, Gail N. Harada, Alex Kuo, Deborah Lee, Jim Mitsui, David Mura, and Traise Yamamoto.

Akiko Baba is one of modern Japan's most famous writers of tanka. In Heavenly Maiden Tanka (1999), one hundred of Baba's tanka poems have been translated. For a better understanding of where Hahn is coming from, read and enjoy Baba's poetry.

The poetry of Cathy Song, a well-known Asian...