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by Noah Arhm Choi (Author)
Cut to Bloom, where Arhm Choi Wild dares to explore the journey of unlearning the survival instinct of trauma.
Through the complex hyphen between Asian and American identity, queerness and belonging, and survival and choice, Wild delves into the heart of what it means to redefine oneself.
This book disrupts the colonialism of strict poetic form, embracing the beauty of ambiguity and challenging clear definitions.
Cut to Bloom invites you on an exploration of growth, cutting away what no longer serves us to arrive at our true selves. The reader will find inspiration to redefine identity and embrace the transformative power of poetry.
Author Biography
Noah Arhm Choi is a Kundiman fellow from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who holds an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. They were a finalist for the Jake Adam York Prize in 2019 and have been published in the anthology Daring to Repair by Wising Up Press and by Barrow Street, The Massachusetts Review, Split this Rock, and others. They have worked as an educator in New York City for the last six years, and have competed in poetry slams and performed across the country, including at Brave New Voices, the New York City Poetry Festival, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and the Bowery Poetry Club.,
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