Description

A debut poetry collection about reconciling with oneself and learning to love, through a youthful, queer diasporic Korean lens

Lotus flowers, youthful hunger, and other temporary beauties intertwine to tell this coming-of-age story, a set of pulsating poems that move toward a distant memory or a flaming future.

Kyo Lees intimate debut poetry collection is simultaneously a vulnerable confession and a micro study of macro topics including lineage, family, war, and hope. i cut my tongue on a broken country explores the Asian American diaspora, queerness, girlhood, and the relationships between and within them, pushing and pulling on the boundaries of identity and language like a story trying to tell itself.

i cut my tongue on a broken country documents a search for love. Its a eulogy for the things we gave up to get here. Its an ode to tenderness. It blossoms and bleeds in your hands.

Author: Kyo Lee
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 04/08/2025
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.80w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781551529776
Language: English