Borderless Bodies

by Linh Dinh

POETRY. Linh Dinh's third book of poems, Borderless Bodies is a fierce yet playful investigation into the body as metaphor, with its various processes as allegories--"Where bones always nudge/ Against the fuzziest skin./ Where inside and outside/ Are confused and flushed"--from "Borders." The body as polity and politics as metaphor and subject at once--"One only misses one's bellybutton/ As one is hacked away from it"--making this perhaps Linh Dinh's most ambitious and accomplished book to date. His other collections are AMERICAN TATTS: REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION and ALL AROUND WHAT EMPTIES OUT.

Genres: Poetry

99 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[MKMKMK · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite of Linh Dinh's books. I don't think I liked it the first time I read it so much. Not sure if I got it. Not sure what there is to get. But something about it really digs holes in my brain in studded profound glory. I love this book.

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not quite sure what to make of this yet, but I certainly had a fun time reading it!

[Wendy Trevino · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the second half of this book significantly more than the first half. "One Sentence Poems," "Brand New Products" and "Quiz" really get at the goodness that is goodness of Dinh's work.