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A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom

5 reviews

aryelee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

This is such a raw, emotional collection of poetry that looks at Kai Cheng Thom's relationship with her race, transness, family, and love. Every poem is so vivid and full of emotion strong enough to feel like a punch. Her journey to love herself and learn to live with the trauma while also grappling with finding her place in a community/society that's very White and has little space for her. 

It is an explicit poetry collection and does not shy away from terrible things that happen to trans people (rape, suicide, abuse, etc.) so know that before you dive in this. Otherwise, please read this book, I think it's such an important collection of poetry about being transfemme and a person of color who can't fit into the typical needs and expectations of white people. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

a place called no homeland is a solid collection of poetry, and - as always - sublimely, tenderly written by kai cheng thom. the poems delve into trans identity, diasporic cultural ties, relation to whiteness, self-love, some so aching while others insightful and technically impressive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

bashsbooks's review

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Thom's work is a must-read for white queers and cis queers everywhere. Tracking her complex relationships to race, gender, and her family, she does not flinch away from her experiences - fetishization, rape, abuse among them. She laments the ways in with the Queer Movement has failed her, and people like her, how we still have people who fall through the cracks in our communities, places where we are not intersectional. Some of these poems are tough to read, but they're all important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

tinyjude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I usually find it hard to enjoy and connect with modern poetry's format and style, but there are many incredible, raw, heart-wrecking poems here that I enjoyed and hurt me in ways poetry hasn't in such a long time.

The poems are explicit in nature and denounce/reflect about various topics, mainly the reality of woc and trans women of colour, colonialism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia and transphobia, sexual assault and violence (particularly against asian gay boys, trans women and asian trans women), white feminism, cultural memory... it isn't an easy read and it will definitely make your stomach churn at many points, but it is so worth it.

For many more poetry by cis and trans women of colour. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

melissahawco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence