Becoming AppalAsian Quitab Editions Comparisons open into comparisons like

Comparisons open into comparisons like petals from otherworldly flowers

in the spaces Merchant skillfully creates between what we are grateful for

Because of the dignified

The Coincidence of Castles is a full life through the eyes of a too-humble poet

Becoming AppalAsian Quitab Editions Comparisons open into comparisons likeBecoming AppalAsian is a homage to Lisa Kwong's parents, ancestors, ancestral land, homeland, and chosen land. China influences the cadence through which she experiences all spaces, whether that be Radford, Virginia where she worked as a waitress in her parents' restaurant or in Bloomington, Indiana as an artist and academic in a predominantly white University town. Lisa carries the pride of her father's quest to achieve the American Dream as a