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Amazing. Fierce. Some serious power stands behind the author's words. The emotion feels raw. Outstanding poetry collection about Chinese American girlhood.

Off to therapy ?

In the continuing saga of "Claire is incapable of using a real bookmark and instead uses any random scrap of paper they can find", an expired parking pass is my bookmark for today. That's a step up from a tissue like I had to use last week, tho ?

#BlackIsTheColor of Carlina Duan's hair and a link to the Chinese heritage she tries to reconcile with her American life
#NoFemmeBer @Cinfhen @Billypar

A few of my favorite lines:

"My mother is not from your country,
and I am not ashamed."

"I am lonely, in my lonely chest."

"To replace the languages our mom spoke, we smoked up our Chinese with blond dolls, our new knees. American girls."

"I was her American daughter, my tongue my hardest muscle forced to swallow a muddy alphabet."

"The truth is/ I want to leave but I don't want to leave & I know nothing/ & everything..."

⭐️⭐️⭐️?

#poetry