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"Chen Chen’s eagerly anticipated sophomore collection has all the frenetic energy of his blockbuster debut, with perhaps a touch of new urgency, evidence of the calamities of the last few years. Chen revels in queer American culture while also crying out “about how painful this world has made our living – / as well as how hot & mustachioed.” I revel in Chen’s capaciousness, his lightning-fast modulations between silly and sober, his capacity to make poetry that is no less serious for being fun."