Mystique

Poetry. Asian American Studies. When she was a little girl, Clara Hsu wanted to be a hermit and martial artist living in the mountains of China. Life's mysterious path took her to the United States. In this reality, she practices the art of multi-dimensional being: mother, musician, philanthropist, activist, purveyor of exotic musical instruments, traveler, and ultimately, poet. MYSTIQUE is her first book of poems. "Clara Hsu is an observer of the world most people don't see: the world inside a stranger's thoughts, the world of secret intentions in all dark corners of the universe" -- Gerald Nicosia.