Consequences of Flight: A Collection of Poetry

By Pei Ja Anderson

I imagine a future where I have stopped running and even have the courage to look back.

Through vivid imagery and stunning metaphor, Consequences of Flight arrives at the heart of mourning and identity. This coming-of-age poetry collection by Pei Ja Anderson explores what it means to be a young, Asian-American woman in a world that can bring unimaginable heartache.

After the sudden death of her brother Max, Anderson turned to poetry to help her express the conflicting feelings that accompanied her grief. In Anderson's words, "Learning to love poetry was learning to accept my brother's death." Anderson's sincerity and innovative style take center stage in this collection as she speaks candidly about the nature of mourning, international adoption, and ethnicity.

Consequences of Flight speaks to young women and victims of loss who are searching for meaning amidst chaos. After reading the poems in this collection, you'll feel connected to something much larger than yourself, much larger than all of us-the inexorable cycle of life, love, and death.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641379715
• ISBN13: 9781641379717
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: New Degree Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"