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The Diaspora Sonnets

By Oliver de la Paz
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By Oliver de la Paz
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY


For fans of Diane Seuss and Victoria Chang, a coruscating collection that eloquently invokes the perseverance and myth of the Filipino diaspora in America.

In 1972, after Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, Oliver de la Paz’s father, in a last fit of desperation to leave the Philippines, threw his papers at an immigration clerk, hoping to get them stamped. He was prepared to leave, having already quit his job and having exchanged peso...

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PoetryAmerican PoetryAsian American Poetry21st Century American PoetryAmerican poetry->Filipino American authorsAmerican poetry->21st century