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A review by rachelselene
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency by Chen Chen
5.0
from AUTUMN:
Asking, does the moon ever get sad?
Needing to know, does the moon get terribly sad because it is simply called the moon, & not some fancy Greek name, like the myriad moons of Jupiter, like Callisto, for example, from the Greek kallistos, superlative form of kalos, meaning "beautiful"?
Then, knowing:
The moon does not get sad. Or at least, not because of that.
Of that, the moon is terribly proud.
from EVERY POEM IS MY MOST ASIAN POEM:
I only know the beginning & the end. Everything else
is a superlative question—a supervoid
I have come to view as my innermost joy.
i loved this soooooo much. the “small book of questions” sequence in part ii was my favorite but this collection as a whole was beautiful and sad and hopeful, probably the best collection i’ve ever read. very excited to read whatever chen chen comes out with next!!!
Asking, does the moon ever get sad?
Needing to know, does the moon get terribly sad because it is simply called the moon, & not some fancy Greek name, like the myriad moons of Jupiter, like Callisto, for example, from the Greek kallistos, superlative form of kalos, meaning "beautiful"?
Then, knowing:
The moon does not get sad. Or at least, not because of that.
Of that, the moon is terribly proud.
from EVERY POEM IS MY MOST ASIAN POEM:
I only know the beginning & the end. Everything else
is a superlative question—a supervoid
I have come to view as my innermost joy.
i loved this soooooo much. the “small book of questions” sequence in part ii was my favorite but this collection as a whole was beautiful and sad and hopeful, probably the best collection i’ve ever read. very excited to read whatever chen chen comes out with next!!!