Description:
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY
Best Books of 2023: Electric Literature
Winner of the New England Book Award for Poetry
For fans of Diane Seuss and Victoria Chang, a coruscating collection that eloquently invokes the perseverance and myth of the Filipino diaspora in America.
Brief description: Oliver de la Paz is the author and editor of seven poetry collections, including The Boy in the Labyrinth, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. He teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and is the Poet Laureate of Worcester.
Review Quotes: The thoughtful latest from de la Paz . . . explores his family's experience of the Filipino diaspora . . . The struggle to create a home in exile is vividly rendered in poems that trace the family's journeys over the decades: 'We wanted to construct a livable world/ but the pieces didn't fit.' This haunting collection sheds new light on the migrant's experience of loss and longing.-- "Publishers Weekly"