The second edition of this student book offers an in-depth study of the prescribed poems (HSC English Prescriptions 2027-2028) from Contemporary Asian Australian Poets edited by Adam Aitken, Kim Cheng Boey, and Michelle Cahill. It has been tailored to meet the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 Standard English Focus Area: Language, Identity and Culture.

With scaffolded learning tasks, writing practice, and opportunities for rich textual analysis, this student book empowers students to build confident, well-supported responses to the prescribed poems that communicate their understanding of the ways the poets use language to affirm, challenge, and disrupt prevailing assumptions and beliefs about identity and culture.

This student book provides opportunities for students to engage with the following poems from Contemporary Asian Australian Poets:

• ‘Stamp Collecting’ by Kim Cheng Boey

• ‘The Onyx Ring’ by Misbah Khokhar

• ‘Bumboat Cruise on the Singapore River’ by Miriam Wei Wei Lo

• ‘Air Force Ones’ by Omar Musa

• ‘New Accents’ by Ouyang Yu

• ‘Circular Breathing’ by Jaya Savige

• ‘Translucent Jade’ by Maureen Ten (Ten Ch’in Ü)

Authors: Emily Bosco, Anthony Bosco, and Luke Bartolo

Format: A4 paperback, 139 pages

ISBN: 978 1 923140 15 8