Diana Khoi Nguyen
Diana Khoi Nguyen is an acclaimed poet and multimedia artist known for her work that explores themes of family, identity, and loss. Her debut poetry collection, 'Ghost Of,' received critical acclaim and was a finalist for several prestigious awards.
Books
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1. Root Fractures
In **Root Fractures**, Diana Khoi Nguyen delves into the complex tapestry of a family's history, exploring themes of loss, displacement, and resilience. The collection of poems reflects on the experiences of a mother who went into hiding after the Fall of Saigon, a father who rebuilt his life in California, and a brother who distanced himself from the family. As new generations emerge, they navigate the intertwining of past and present, seeking to create new beginnings while confronting the echoes of their heritage. Through poignant and honest poetry, Nguyen captures the essence of healing and transformation, finding beauty in the fragmented pieces of a family's story.
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2. Ghost Of
An experimental, elegiac work that navigates the author’s grief after her brother’s death from overdose, blending lyrical poems, documentary fragments, erasures, images, and scientific research on sound and toxicity to probe memory, language, intergenerational trauma, and the cultural aftershocks of war and displacement; through inventive forms and archival listening, it reconstructs absence and attempts to hear the persistence of a vanished life.
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