Turning to Wallpaper

Poems and Art

by Heidi Wong

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Pub Date 28 Sep 2021 | Archive Date 27 Sep 2021

Central Avenue Publishing

Arts & Photography | OwnVoices | Poetry & Verse

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Description

“Wear poetry as both perfume and armor.”

In Turning to Wallpaper, lush, elegant language contrasts with the disturbing and at times gruesome imagery to create a collection that knows exactly how to haunt the reader. Wong’s words and artistry are vibrant with color, richly textured, defiant, and unapologetic in their boldness. Her speaker undertakes a spiritual journey of remembrance that transcends body, tradition, and even nation in the pursuit of authentic art—art that is constructed using radical acceptance of the past as a means to leave it all behind.

This is a story where no wounds are softened or left unconfronted.

It is beautiful, without beauty.

“Wear poetry as both perfume and armor.”

In Turning to Wallpaper, lush, elegant language contrasts with the disturbing and at times gruesome imagery to create a collection that knows exactly how to...

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Advance Praise

“Heidi Wong has created a truly vivid, powerful collection of work that speaks across generations, filled with characters and voices you yearn to hear more from.”

— Iain S. Thomas, Author of I Wrote This For You

“Heidi Wong has created a truly vivid, powerful collection of work that speaks across generations, filled with characters and voices you yearn to hear more from.”

— Iain S. Thomas, Author of I Wrote...