Hardly War Switch The book is as staunch

The book is as staunch as it is warm – one arm extended in a hug and the other cupped over the mouth to shield a secret (weapon)

finds herself underground

Like 100 mini-kaleidoscopes

Bas Belleman

De Tweede Wereldoorlog

Hardly War Switch The book is as staunchDon Mee Choi Hardly War, Don Mee Choi's major second collection, defies history, national identity, and militarism. Using artifacts from Choi's father, a professional photographer during the Korean and Vietnam wars, she combines memoir, image, and opera to explore her paternal relationship and heritage. Here poetry and geopolitics are inseparable twin sisters, conjoined to the belly of a warring empire.