Dear Diaspora by Susan Nguyen faber As readers we see that

As readers we see that our experiences find an echo in others'

Hiddensee is named for the Baltic island where Annie Freud’s grandmother spent her summers before the war (and its famous artistic community

Homelands contains poems of fondness

panicky or unable to cope

Dear Diaspora by Susan Nguyen faber As readers we see thatDear Diaspora is an unapologetic reckoning with history, memory, and grief. Parting the weeds on a small American town, this collection sheds light on the intersections of girlhood and diaspora. The poems introduce us to Suzi: ripping her leg hairs out with duct tape, praying for ecstasy during Sunday mass, dreaming up a language for buried familial trauma and discovering that such a language may not exist. Through a collage of lyric, documentary, and