QS36501010001Becoming Ghost: Poetry

The long-awaited sophomore poetry collection by award-winning writer Cathy Linh Che, on familial estrangement, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford CoppolasApocalypse Now.

The follow-up to her acclaimed poetry debutSplit,Becoming Ghostdocuments Cathy Linh Ches parents experiences as refugees who escaped the Vietnam War and then were cast as extras in Francis Ford Coppolas filmApocalypse Now, placing them at the margins of their own story. The poetry collection uses persona, speculation, and the golden shovel form as a means of moving Vietnamese voices from the periphery to the center. The speakers disownment raises questions about the challenges of using parents as poetic subjects, telling familial stories to a broader public, and the meaning of forgiveness.

Cathy Linh CheisaVietnamese American writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author ofSplit,winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies,An Asian American A to Z: A Childrens Guide to Our History, andBecoming Ghost. Her writing has been published inThe New Republic,The Nation,andMcSweeneysand she has received awards from MacDowell, Bread Loaf, Tin House, andtheSewanee Writers Conference. She currently lives in New York City.

• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Publish Date: April 29, 2025
• Pages: 128
• Language: English
• TypeBook: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9781668088920
• Dimensions: 228.6 X 152.4 X 12.7 mm | 138.3 g