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Hoa Nguyen

Hoa Nguyen was born in the Mekong Delta and raised in the Washington DC area. Her poetry collections include As Long As Trees Last, Red Juice and Violet Energy Ingots. She lives in Toronto.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 138 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 138 padlock

Hoa Nguyen | Is Travel Writing Dead?

Hoa Nguyen

‘I didn’t have the language for why I could not be a tourist in the same way as my white counterparts.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 138
Essays & Memoir | Issue 138

Best Book of 2016: Joanne Kyger’s On Time

Hoa Nguyen

Hoa Nguyen on why Joanne Kyger’s On Time is the best book of 2016.

Poetry | Issue 136
Poetry | Issue 136

Stripes on My Shirt Like Migratory Birds

Hoa Nguyen

‘ “I got lost in my life” / which may or may not be / misheard.’

Poetry | Issue 136
Poetry | Issue 136

Two Poems

Hoa Nguyen

‘I wrote ‘valley’ when I meant ‘longing’ / Your laugh a river A trout kind of green.’

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