War Is Not My Mother

by Vi Khi Nao

A series of poetic remixes, WAR IS NOT MY MOTHER might be considered a form of spirit possession.

Each poem in this manuscript takes up another poet's work- a selection that ranges from Lorca to CD Wright, Hồ Xu n Hương to Sappho, Agha Shahid Ali to Ishrat Afreen-- and alters its DNA, infusing it with an other idiolect. This is an idiolect of pleasure (the wordplay, puns, and cadence of the Vietnamese language) and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1955904766
• ISBN13: 9781955904766
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Clash Books
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"