We Follow the River

We Follow the River tells the story of one family' s escape from military violence in Myanmar, their exiled existence in Thailand, and their immigration to Canada with only a pile of beat up suitcases on a luggage cart. It is about growing up as a foreigner in a foreign land, sifting through family history and grief, and alighting across cultures and continents to find a home.

Onjana Yawnghwe' s third poetry book reveals an expertise in language- at times joyful, disobedient, wild, and other...