The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
Poems. Available from Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2022
Named a Most Anticipated Book by: LitHub, Vulture, Time.
One of: Time's "100 Must-Read Books of 2022" * NPR's 2022 "Books We Love" Vulture's "10 Best Books of 2022"
“Anyone who has lived through the daily absurdity of disaster—which is to say, all of us—can find a home here.” — Eve L. Ewing, author of 1919 and Electric Arches
“A luminous, jarring, and gorgeous gift. Grateful to have these poems as a compass in these times' — Mariame Kaba, author of the NYT bestseller We Do This Til We Free Us
“[Choi’s] poetry inspires us to continuously fight for a different world—one that would be informed by generations of loss, lessons, and collective movements… an homage to where we have been and how we must continue.” — Connie Wun, PhD, co-founder of AAPI Women Lead
“Grateful for this unhealing song which is, all the same, a beginning, a gathering, a calling, a wondering, a dreaming.” —Ross Gay, author of The Book of Delights and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
“Somehow this poet still believes in us: that we might read this work and, made bold with desire, love the world so deeply it has to love us back.” — Brenda Shaughnessy, author of The Octopus Museum and Tanya
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Select Poems
“The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On,” Poetry Magazine
“Celebrate Good Times,” The Nation
“Unlove Poem,” American Poetry Review
“How to Let Go of the World,” PEN Poetry Series