2012
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Asian American poetry, Asian American Spoken Word, Asian Americans, Coffee House Press, Hyphen Magazine, Jane Y. Kim, Sông I Sing, spoken word, Vietnamese American poetry, Vietnamese Americans
There is a certain catalyzing style that comes of utter fearlessness, and the poet Bao Phi has cornered it with his debut poetry collection, Sông I Sing.
Jane Y. Kim, Hyphen magazine
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2011
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In this strong and angry work of what he calls refugeography, Bao Phi, who has been a performance poet since 1991, wrestles with immigration, class and race in America at sidewalk level… on this song of his very American self, every poem Mr. Phi writes rhymes with the truth.
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Dana Jennings, the New York Times
2011
Bao Phi’s long-awaited debut collection Sông I Sing brings poetry back to the people like nothing else I’ve seen in Vietnamese American culture.
Julie Thi Underhill
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