Poetry collection centers on queer Vietnamese American identity for authentic representation
Explores themes of trauma, nostalgia, and family to foster empathy and understanding
Language captures both loneliness and hope, resonating with diverse readers
Collective voices challenge dominant narratives and celebrate marginalized experiences
Summarized by Shop
Being queer and Asian American; families we are born into and ones we chose; nostalgia, trauma and history—all dissected fearlessly. Not Here is a flight plan for escape and a map for navigating home; a queer Vietnamese American body in confrontation with whiteness, trauma, family, and nostalgia; and a big beating heart of a book. Nguyen
