Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis: Refugee Poetics
About this episode
Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis explores refugee poetics through curated poems and discussions with guests.
Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis curates poems that illuminate characteristics of refugee poetics. He introduces Mai Der Vang on the displacement of the self (“Dear Exile”), Monica Sok on the contradictions inherent in being a refugee in the nation that caused the initial wound (“Americans Dancing in the Heart of Darkness”), and Ocean Vuong on the desire for belonging that can never be fulfilled (“Of Thee I Sing”). Davis closes with an untitled poem from his novel-in-progress, expressing defiance agai...
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Host: Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis
Guest: Mai Der Vang
Topics covered
- refugee poetics
- displacement
- belonging
- identity
- contradictions of being a refugee
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