Translating Mo’um

“How difference differs us, and how all difference is divided within–these are the themes that Cathy Hong weaves with her lean language throughout these poems. But it’s compassion above all that drives them. We’re always aware of their deeply and demandingly human core. This is a stunning book; it speaks with a meticulous anger that Hong has polished into wry insight and eye-opening delight.”–Cole Swenson