A Chinaman's Chance

New and Selected Poems 1960 - 2010. "In his impressive body of work spanning 40 years, Alex Kuo consistently pushes the limits of literary genres while defying some of society's most deeply entrenched assumptions..In fusing the political and the literary, Mr. Kuo illuminates over and over again the profound power of the art." -- Pauline Chen "Line after line I am surprised and moved by the way his language connects the rhythmns of our collective memory, imagination and chance." -- Ping-kwan Leung