Description
Coffee House Press, paperback
Publication Date: July 04, 2017
Publisher Marketing:
Poems from a father, a refugee, an activist resisting the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.
Thousand Star Hotel confronts the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.
“[Phi’s] irreverent profundity shines in prose poems and fixed forms alike.” —The New York Times Book Review
“The strength of this book comes from the clear and forceful voice. The words leap off the pages, half alive already. . . . A fierce, burning indictment of racism and xenophobia.” —Chicago Review of Books
“A cutting collection of poems about growing up a refugee, becoming a father, feeling surrounded by police brutality and the invisibility of poor Asian-Americans.” –NPR’s Code Switch
“Filled with snapshots of the American immigrant experience, intense love for family, and deep empathy for community, . . . Thousand Star Hotel, challenges racism, police brutality, and the silencing invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.” —Bustle
“Written with immense empathy and honesty, Thousand Star Hotel is a moving, heartbreakingly beautiful portrait of the lives of Vietnamese refugees in the U.S.” —BuzzFeed
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