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These poems are sneaky. They might start with a simple metaphor that's straight out of second grade English class, "Night falls like a button..." and they go somewhere else quite unexpected, "... from your grandmother's coat. You worry with your thumb the strangers page." The poems are quirky, fun, surprising, emotional, intimate, and intelligent. I want to meet Chen and hang out with him, but I'm afraid I wouldn't be nearly interesting enough to hold his attention, because he's obviously a geni
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Excellent collection of poems. I really liked Chen Chen’s sense of humour and his strong imagination reflected in the poems.
This collection is about love, family and immigration. Recommended.
This collection is about love, family and immigration. Recommended.
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