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Poetry. Asian American Studies. Revised and enlarged edition. "There are two kinds of readers in English, those who are passionate fans of the poetry of Linh Dinh and those who have yet to read his writing.... Linh Dinh looks at the world with the clearest eyes imaginable, a walking example of the role of the real at the heart of the surreal."—Ron Silliman
"Reading Linh Dinh is a tonic and a revelation. His poems might have taken off the top of Dickinson's head, and then some. Linh Dinh raids and reinvents the language with an ardor bordering on delirium."—Rachel Loden
"Linh Dinh's is a unique voice in contemporary American literature. He writes with the raging wit and the soul of a poet."—Jessica Hagedorn
"Reading Linh Dinh is a tonic and a revelation. His poems might have taken off the top of Dickinson's head, and then some. Linh Dinh raids and reinvents the language with an ardor bordering on delirium."—Rachel Loden
"Linh Dinh's is a unique voice in contemporary American literature. He writes with the raging wit and the soul of a poet."—Jessica Hagedorn
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101 pages, Paperback
First published October 4, 2005
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December 12, 2014
It followed a theme of depicting what you might find written on a bathroom stall in America, but there were a few that struck home. He did a good job connecting aggression eventually to militarism but, as he always does, subtly or surreally. It has to be inferred or intuited or pieced together. That is what I love about his writing.
December 21, 2008
I wish I could read Sophocles in McGlinchey’s and have Linh Dinh come in to shut off the TV over the bar and buy me drinks until “The revolution revolves” and “I punch myself—hard!—in the face.” Wait, I read this and already did.
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