𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗫𝗶𝗲 -

Xie's exploration of the otherness in/of/by place is a potent meditation on alienation and self, on our perception of culture.

https://youtu.be/0IWi-y6QDvk

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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹” 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗫𝗶𝗲 -

Xie's verse turns inward to juxtapose self against the places and barriers they create, leaving us untethered, unsolved.

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗫𝗶𝗲 -

Much recommended poetry of dislocation from a young woman who finds herself in several locales, each with its own dry ironies.

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𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

A few of the books I'm reading this month!

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𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -

Who are the poets I'm most looking forward to reading this next year? Here are some!

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She had trained herself to look for answers at eye level,
but they were lower, they were changing all the time.

Jenny Xie

https://poets.org/poem/ongoing

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