My review of Nick Carbó’s new book, Chinese, Japanese, What Are These? is now up at the Hyphen magazine blog. Here is an excerpt:
There is something heartbreaking about Filipino American poet Nick Carbo’s latest collection of poetry, provocatively titled Chinese, Japanese, What Are These? For those of you not in the know, the book’s title references the xenophobic children’s rhyme, “Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, what are these?” The gestures accompanying said rhyme include using one’s hands to stretch the eyes, hence making the “chinky eye.” The movement corresponding to What are these?” is to show or motion towards the breasts, exaggerating their size.
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Read the entire review here.
Some of the API book and chapbook authors I have lined up for my Small Press blog posts there include:
- Aimee Suzara, The Space Between.
- Craig Santos Perez, from unincorporated territory.
- Kenji Liu, You Left Without Your Shoes (we will also talk about VONA).
- Karen An Hwei Lee, Ardor (my previous “review” of her book was on this blog and not an “official” publication).
Well, these are all the folks in my mental file as I type. I am sure there are more. I am also open to suggestions for other API publications, provided review copies can be involved.
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