Name: Phrasis by Wendy Xu
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Phrasis by Wendy XuWendy Xu articulates the whole world by freezing it all at once, looking closely at its parts, and zeroing in on the one image or phrase or feeling that makes the day seem possibly beautiful under all the scaffolding, sirens, and other natural (analog and online) interruptions that make up daily living. The poems in this collection play word against words, expression against frame. Is language a form of thought bondage? How can poems escape and bring

Lisa Hiton

the lingering sweetness of shared candy

tenderness

"—Boston Book Review

so intrinsically thirst after - solutions for being benevolent after discovery

“History doesn’t repeat

After moving to New York in 1957

but it's ultimately Koo's exploration of what we consume and what consumes us that makes this book such a provocative and mesmerizing achievement

In poems that forge their own styles and strategies

but perhaps its most valuable contribution is the way it articulates the loneliness and frustration of having symptoms that superficially resemble the pains and pressures of contemporary life in the United States while being much more severe

She's in character

AIDS and COVID-19

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