Precedented Parroting

By Barbara Tran,

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Opening with an exit, the poems in Precedented Parroting accept no assumptions. With the determination and curiosity of a problem-solving crow, this expansive debut plumbs personal archives and traverses the natural world, endeavouring to shake the tight cage of stereotypes, Asian and avian. Praised as “lively and intelligent” and “lyrically…

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1 author picked Precedented Parroting as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This poetry collection reminds me of why I read poetry--for the language and the emotions and to see writing distilled into its most perfect form.

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