A review by hannahvwarren
A Bestiary by Lily Hoang

5.0

In A Bestiary, Hoang meditates on the fairy tale and all the ways in which we confuse the mimetic with the non-mimetic, the real with the irreal. This collection of essays lies at the intersection of identity politics, grief, childhood and adult trauma, and tenderness in relationships.

"Stability, I learned, is necessitated by fear."