Thousand Star Hotel

by Bao Phi

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Thousand Star Hotel confronts the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.

From “with thanks to Sahra Nguyen for the refugee style slogan”:

They give the kids candy to bet.

My daughter loses the first four rounds,
she’s a quiet wire as they take her candy away, piece by piece.
When she finally wins, I ask if she wants to play again.
No! she shouts, grabbing her candy, I want to go home!
True refugee style:
take everything you got and run with it.

Bao Phi is a National Poetry Slam finalist.
  • ISBN13 9781566894708
  • Publish Date 20 July 2017 (first published 13 June 2017)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Coffee House Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 112
  • Language English