Good Son (Kyle Liang)

“In Good Son, Kyle Liang writes, ‘In a translation of my body / floating is all that matters.’ In this biting and heartfelt debut collection, Liang explores the complexities of identity and the survival mechanisms we create to live in a cruel world. Sometimes tender and sometimes a fever dream, these poems wrestle with language and its barriers as a speaker navigates different worlds—of medicine, of family, of memory, of being Asian in America. What comes out of this collection is an affirmation that love and connection are necessary to keep going.”

– Jennifer Huang