This Way to the Sugar
published by Write Bloody Publishing 2014
The poems in Hieu Minh Nguyen's debut collection are a fearless and brutal dissection of nostalgia, trauma, and desire. The ghosts haunting This Way to the Sugar keep every poem either well fed or drooling, reminding us to "Take this body and see a body, where so many see a grave." These poem miss you terribly.
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry
Finalist for the 2015 Minnesota Book Award in Poetry
Poets & Writers, "Breaking Into the Silence: Our Tenth Annual Look at Debut Poets"
"Hieu's book should be required reading. He is patient with his ghosts, letting each sing its song of broken glass and burning houses and bathroom rugs as band aids for black mold. I can't imagine life without these poems. Thank you Hieu." —Bao Phi, author of Sông I Sing
