Tupelo Press, paperback
Publication Date: February 1, 2024
Publisher Marketing: "In then telling be the antidote, Xiao Yue Shan writes: "Sometimes/we spoke in a language so heavy that we passed/the words around in our hands." In this beautiful book of poems, Shan's language floats in the liminal space between countries, between history, between language. Shan's poems explore themes of home, gender, politics, all the while exploring the threshold of the long line. These poems are lush and airy at once, uncertain and certain, powerful and gentle. Shan's voice is unique and her gifts palpable, and we're so lucky to have her words passed onto our hands." --Victoria Chang
