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mminson's review against another edition
5.0
This collection is fantastic. I love the mix of satirical poems and political/social poems. It was especially wonderful to read after hearing Marilyn Chin read/perform some of the poems. Some of the poems are very gripping and some are laugh out loud.
irisakwok's review
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Something about this book is tinged with sadness, almost a bit like Chin is a woman who is made to fit into this image of what the aapi diaspora is as much as she is pushed into the image of what chinese and american mean in opposition to each other. She seems to reach and try hoping that erudity will save her but in the end she gives so much of her soul to this want that every poem seems to leave you just a bit empty.
francescamoroney's review against another edition
4.0
I especially loved the imagined letters written to her by her family members. Brilliant!
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