Thanks to Michael Prior at the Hamilton Book Review for reviewing Barbara Tran’s Governor General Award nominated debut collection of poetry Precedented Parroting.
“The interplay between past and present, personal and collective memory, converge in the collection’s title poem, which takes place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tran’s speaker weaves together various modes of memory by juxtaposing historical and contemporary anti-Asian violence and “yellow perilism” with the small gestures of solidarity between neighbours sharing cleaning supplies as well as the illusory solace of birdwatching.”
