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Red Juice: Poems 1998–2008

by Hoa Nguyen
Wave. Sept. 2014. 272p. ISBN 9781933517933. $30; pap. ISBN 9781933517926. $22. POETRY
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Because Nguyen is the cofounder of a poetry journal called Skanky Possum, her wit comes as no surprise, though what can sound almost energetically goofy ("I'm almost your cat's pajamas") often turns acid ("give me history or give me/ a name unknown in zoology/ So I can be anything but empty doll"). Nguyen here collects poems previously available only in chapbooks, journals, and out-of-print collections, and in her spare, wry way she's such a careful observer that the reader feels immersed in life's most quotidian details, its hurts, and rocky hopes.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Nov 15, 2014
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