backbuilding by Elizabeth Hsieh poetryintranslation and sexual reckonings occur

and sexual reckonings occur

Paris and Venice and invent the kinds of narrative he might tell about his intersecting identities

her poetry illuminates the Buddhist virtue of mindfulness

' - The Guardian (Books to look forward to in 2021) on A God at the Door

backbuilding by Elizabeth Hsieh poetryintranslation and sexual reckonings occurThe poems in backbuilding address questions of uncertainty and identity after a lifelong period of spiritual brainwashing. They contain a story of growing pains, regrowth, and discovery. They are concerned with religious trauma and the pariah. backbuilding is a search for ground. It is a question of what to hang onto when the floor dissolves beneath you. backbuilding is Elizabeth Hsieh's debut full collection.