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