Review of Nguyen’s Treasure in Canadian Literature
A review of three 2021 poetry books
Featuring Catalogue d’oiseaux. by Aaron Tucker, sulphurtongue by Rebecca Salazar, and A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure by Hoa Nguyen
“There is coherence, here, but not linearity. Phrases coexist and resonate together—mid-line, between stanzas, and inside other poems pages apart. The resulting collection interplays, not unlike motorcycle stunting, moments of precarity, danger, exhilaration, and freedom.”