Thousand Star Hotel

Thousand Star Hotel

Bao Phi2017
Poems from a father, a refugee, an activist resisting the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.
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Maggie Gordon@maggieg
3 stars
Aug 13, 2022

Powerful, though I think best delivered orally. While some poems are utterly cutting, others feel like they could use a bit more editing from a written perspective. Content-wise, this covers a very underrepresented voice in poetry: immigrant working class Vietnamese. Important and enjoyable read.

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vive@vive
5 stars
Jan 4, 2024