Reader Score
80%
80% of readers
recommend this book
Critic Reviews
Good
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* 2023 PEN OAKLAND JOSEPHINE MILES BOOK AWARD WINNER *
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* FINALIST FOR THE 2023 BALCONES PRIZE FOR POETRY *
"Xie ingeniously leverages Western prosody to expose the fracture between the 'Asian' and 'American' aspects of Asian American identity."--Srikanth Reddy, The New York Times Book Review
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