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A review by tinyjude
A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom
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.
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.
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