The Last to the Party
"In this highly anticipated and deeply moving debut, Chuqiao Yang explores family, culture, diaspora, and the self's tectonic shifts over time. Yang's poems journey restlessly through recollections of a Saskatchewan childhood, trips to visit family in Taiyuan, and a sojourn across the American South in search of the moments and places where one became a stranger to oneself. "You are a mouse in the backcountry of your memories," writes Yang, "You are a fox in winter, devouring well-meaning friends." Irreverent, fierce, and ceaselessly surprising, The Last to the Party marks the arrival of a unique voice and an unsparing poetic vision. CHUQIAO YANG's poems have appeared in The Unpublished City, Ricepaper, The Walrus, Arc Poetry Magazine, Canthius, Prism, Grain, CV2, and Room, and on CBC Radio. She was a finalist for the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers and her chapbook, Reunions in the Year of the Sheep, won the bpNichol Chapbook Award. The Last to the Party is her first full-length collection. Yang lives in Ottawa."--
108 pages
English edition · First published 2024 by Icehouse Poetry, an imprint of Goose Lane Editions · ISBN 9781773103334
Readers also shelved
American Born ChineseGene Luen Yang · 3.8
AvatarGene Luen Yang
Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than FlameNeon Yang
Front DeskKelly Yang
The Omen GirlYueh YangBe the first to rate this book
Keep track of what you read
Book Nook is a free reading tracker with a 3D bookshelf, a reading timer, challenges with friends and a Reading Wrapped at the end of the year. Add The Last to the Party to your shelf in one tap.