bao phi sông i sing

Posted on October 8th, 2020

“Reverse Racism,” is very good.

He is our ecstatic shaman, The result is an incredibly emotional journey through the issues that Bao explores—but it’s emotion that’s grounded in quality writing and thoughtful political analysis, not just raw melodrama. There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

If you see Bao Phi coming, you better do a gut check, and set your motherboard to receive. In this strong and angry work of what he calls refugeography, Bao Phi, who has been a performance poet since 1991, wrestles with immigration, class and race in America at sidewalk level… on this song of his very American self, every poem Mr. Phi writes rhymes with the truth.

born in viet nam, but raised and currently residing in minneapolis, bao phi is a slam poet and spoken word artist. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published — Yen Le Espiritu, “Bao Phi is a careful observer and a sweeping documentarist, the bard of Vietnamese America. Start by marking “Sông I Sing” as Want to Read: Error rating book. after considerable success on the slam circuit (two-time minnesota grand slam champion, two-time slam winner at the famed nuyorican poets cafe, and national poetry slam finalist), comes bao phi's first proper collection of poetry. Beautiful book of Vietnamese poetry.

Be the first to ask a question about Sông I Sing. Certainly I’m not alone … Bao Phi  is a nationally-lauded performance poet, twice winning the Minnesota Grand Poetry Slam and twice winning poetry slams at Nuyorican Poets Cafe  in NYC.

September 20th 2011 This is a collection of poems/stories from different Vietnamese Americans primarily about racism and poverty. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants more Vietnamese visibility but also don’t mind reading anything with sexually graphic, triggering, reactionary content, or profane writing. "A Prince Among Men" and "And the Waves" are my favorites.

divided into four parts, sông i sing is an audacious work … A rhapsodic exploration of immigration, race, and class by Vietnamese American phenom and National Poetry Slam star Bao Phi.

→ Designed, published and available for purchase via Coffee House Press.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants more Vietnamese visibility but also don’t mind reading anything with sexually graphic, triggering, reactionary content, or profane writing.

read the full New York Times review here.

Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Sông I Sing also rings with poems of love and unforgotten friendship, tributes to otherwise invisible immigrant parents, humanizing portraits of those who have lost or are losing but nonetheless growing up wiser in the face of existential despair. lets you live — David Mura, “Phi knows tenderness. Fantastic. He knows love, too – it is ‘like a brick through glass: / first a riot / then fire / then nothing.’ This explosive collection mourns their proximity to hate and insists we all do better, including Phi, himself. . In Sông I Sing, Bao Phi has something to say about being Asian American and an Asian American poet, and he says it in one astonishing poem after another. I’m working on always having a book of poems on my bedside. Sông I Sing; Date of entry: Apr-16-2012; Last revised: Mar-12-2015; Summary.

Thank you, Bao Phi. — Douglas Kearney, “Jagged yet tender, Bao Phi’s poetry mixes rough-edged critiques of racism and imperialism with resolute optimism in the power of love and community.

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