"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.
Unconcerned with conventional beauty, it is undeniably beautiful.