The Ghost Well Cared-For: Hoa Nguyen’s A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure
What is a divinatory poetics? Can texts be haunted? This week, Toronto-based poet Hoa Nguyen dives into the narratives that prompted and sit within her new book of poetry,
A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure.
Host Lauren Korn chats with Hoa about the aftermath of the Atlanta shootings, the motorcycle troupe Hoa’s mother was a part of in the 1950s and ’60s, the many ways a text can haunt, and more!
About Hoa:
As Long As Trees Last,
Red Juice, and
Violet Energy Ingots, which received a 2017 Griffin Prize nomination. As a public proponent and advocate of contemporary poetry, she has served as guest editor for