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All the Flowers Kneeling
A profound reflection on physical, emotional, and psychological transformation in the wake of imperial violence and personal abuse, from a poet described as both “tender and unflinching” (Khadijah Queen).
Paul Tran's debut poetry collection, All the Flowers Kneeling, is visceral and astonishing. It delves into intergenerational trauma, sexual violence, and U.S. imperialism, fundamentally reshaping our perceptions of freedom, power, and control. Through poems exploring desire, gender, bodies, legacies, and imagined futures, Tran illuminates the intricate and harrowing processes of reckoning and recovery. Their innovative poetic forms echo the nonlinear emotional and psychological journeys of trauma survivors. At once grand and intimate, commanding and deeply vulnerable, All the Flowers Kneeling is a celebration of rediscovering and reconfiguring the self, ultimately standing as a powerful testament to human resilience, endurance, and love