fish deprived is admer balingan�s second collection of poetry and prose that luminously exposes layers of deprivation. here, he unfolds his heightened mischief, viciousness, and engrossment on the subjects of romance, memories, infertility, family, grief, inner contretemps, birth, death, and rebirth. here, he confronts the complex flow of his water with awareness and tenderness and breathes through it.