The Symmetry of Fish
“All hits no skips. I was incredibly moved by these poems.” —Roxane Gay, via Goodreads
From National Poetry Series winner Su Cho, chosen by Paige Lewis, a debut poetry collection about immigration, memory, and a family’s lexicon
Language and lore are at the core of The Symmetry of Fish, a moving debut about coming-of-age in the middle of nowhere. With striking and tender insight, it seeks to give voice to those who have been denied their stories, and examines the way phrases and narratives are passed down through immigrant families—not diluted over time, but distilled into potency over generations. In this way, a family's language is not lost but continuously remade, hitched to new associations, and capable of blooming anew, with the power to cut…
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October 11, 2022Su Cho is a poet and essayist born in South Korea and raised in Indiana. She has an MFA in Poetry from Indiana University and a PhD from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has served as the editor-in-chief of Indiana Review, Cream City Review and has served as guest editor for Poetry magazine. Her work has been featured in Poetry, New England Review, Gulf Coast, and Orion; the 2021 Best American Poetry and Best New Poets anthologies; and elsewhere. A finalist for the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Poetry Fellowship, recipient of a National Society of Arts and Letters Award, and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, she is currently a visiting assistant professor at Franklin & Marshall College.
The Symmetry of Fish
Su Cho
Shade is a place
MaKshya Tolbert
Mesopotopia
Anne Waldman
End of Empire
Marissa Davis
Is This My Final Form?
Amy Gerstler
the space between men
Mia S. Willis
Hivestruck
Vincent Toro
mother
m.s. RedCherries
Being Reflected Upon
Alice Notley
Colorfast
Rose McLarney
Thick with Trouble
Amber McBride
Organs of Little Importance
Adrienne Chung
Tarta Americana
J. Michael Martinez
Information Desk
Robyn Schiff
So to Speak
Terrance Hayes