๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: "๐—˜๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ซ๐—ถ๐—ฒ -

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

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๐Ÿฏ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: โ€œ๐—˜๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—นโ€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ซ๐—ถ๐—ฒ -

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

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—˜๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ซ๐—ถ๐—ฒ -

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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๐—ง๐—•๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ -

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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Ongoing by Jenny Xie - Poems | Academy of American Poets

Ongoing - Never mind the distances traveled, the companion