As Long as Trees Last

"\[Nguyen\] shares such a streetwise feminism, keeping the edge and making it something you can dance to."—The Poetry Project Clear-eyed and grounded, Hoa Nguyen performs a hook and snare on what it means to be a twenty-first century human in the nearly ego-less space of these chiseled yet spacious poems. *It's not a time to run I wear soft shoes and it took a long time to walk here* **Hoa Nguyen** is the co-founder of *Skanky Possum*. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.