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sweetsunbleached's review against another edition
4.0
“when they ask where you’re from, tell them your name was fleshed from the toothless mouth of a war-woman”
ugh!!! some poems were better than others but overall it was a very nice collection
ugh!!! some poems were better than others but overall it was a very nice collection
smateer73's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely the best poetry collection I’ve ever read and one of the best books I’ve read.
trin's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful use of language, but aside from the poems about immigration and exile, these didn't always come together and hit me as hard as, say, Richard Siken. There may be some inherent cultural bias on my part at play here (Siken's Americana speaks to me), but also, at the same time, like. Did Vuong need to include a semi-romantic poem about Jeffrey Dahmer? No.
sork's review against another edition
5.0
i don't read a lot of poetry but ok now i want to read more poetry. i felt so much while reading this hivoshihpiq it was great.