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starrybooker's review against another edition
4.0
A beautiful poetry collection about disconnection and home and family and food, I love the way that Nina Mingya Powles uses language and translation to craft these gorgeous descriptions that she anchors to memory and place.
gremlinpride's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
ameliasbooks's review against another edition
I very often struggle with prose poetry.
taromilkpng's review against another edition
2.0
extremely mid,,, despite some moments of self-reflexivity, this book is q orientalizing in its treatment of asia as the wasian diasporic subject's dreamspace & thus projection screen. worse, this book is profoundly, &, with a shocking abundance that i have yet to behold in another book, guilty of what som-mai nguyen has called a "jazz-hands half-nelson device" in diasporic lit in which writers "extrapolate from orthographic coincidence and sprinkle in non-English words to assert unearned authority." the number of times i had to shout "that is NOT true!!!!" @ "explanations" of chinese etymology/definitions while reading this lol
https://astra-mag.com/articles/blunt-force-ethnic-credibility/
read this article instead of this book ... i'm sry...
https://astra-mag.com/articles/blunt-force-ethnic-credibility/
read this article instead of this book ... i'm sry...
readmayahread's review against another edition
4.0
I actually quite liked this. I think I would have preferred to read a physical book though so that I can underline or tab all the parts that I like.
I love the writing. It's pretty effective in evoking memories of my childhood and helps put my own thoughts in words.
I love the mentions of Mulan and Princess Mononoke. Two strong female characters that I like.
I love the writing. It's pretty effective in evoking memories of my childhood and helps put my own thoughts in words.
I love the mentions of Mulan and Princess Mononoke. Two strong female characters that I like.