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Poet and multimedia artist Nguyen extends the work she began in her magnificent debut poetry collection, Ghosts Of. This latest collection meditates on her brother's suicide while exploring her larger family system, fractured by long-held silence, mental illness, and lasting trauma wrought by the Vietnam War. Narrating her own work, Nguyen imbues her poems with a note of gentle restraint, laying bare her deepest sorrow and hurt without artifice. It is a pleasur...Log In or Sign Up to Read More