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A review by beebeewin
Alien Miss by Carlina Duan
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
I really enjoyed this collection of poems! If you can, I would definitely recommend picking this collection up. Carlina Duan writes with a lot of emotion, respect, and honesty. She transports you to the lives of Chinese immigrants, especially through her Alien Miss sequence of poems, with a powerful voice and stinging bite. She doesn't seem to flinch away from the truth of xenophobia, sexism, and cruelty of the US. Despite talking about some intense topics, her prose is beautiful and after reading some of them I had to pause to soak in all her immaculate wording. She made me think about my immigrant ancestors and the work they put into this world to give me the chance to live the life I do. Her poems remind me of the power of family and community to create, care, and build up one another. Take some time to read this and immerse yourself in the incredible skill that Duan has.
My favorite poems were: Feast; Love Potion; Do You Have a Grammatically Correct Response to the Question?; Sitting on a U.S. Bench, a Mosquito Takes My Blood
Favorite short quote "but say what you want. my aunties. they made a world for me in their kitchens. they taught me how to live." Kitchens are always the place where I felt most loved, alive, and connected to my family and history!
My favorite poems were: Feast; Love Potion; Do You Have a Grammatically Correct Response to the Question?; Sitting on a U.S. Bench, a Mosquito Takes My Blood
Favorite short quote "but say what you want. my aunties. they made a world for me in their kitchens. they taught me how to live." Kitchens are always the place where I felt most loved, alive, and connected to my family and history!