Dear Diaspora by Susan Nguyen faber Unorthodox was what happened

Unorthodox was what happened

in partnership

A hanged woman addresses the author of the Malleus Maleficarum

of every journey and battle

As readers we see that our experiences find an echo in others'

Dear Diaspora by Susan Nguyen faber Unorthodox was what happenedDear Diaspora is an unapologetic reckoning with history, memory, and grief. Parting the weeds on a small American town, this collection sheds light on the intersections of girlhood and diaspora. The poems introduce us to Suzi: ripping her leg hairs out with duct tape, praying for ecstasy during Sunday mass, dreaming up a language for buried familial trauma and discovering that such a language may not exist. Through a collage of lyric, documentary, and