<DIV><p>"[Nguyen] shares such a streetwise feminism, keeping the edge and making it something you can dance to."?The Poetry Project</p><p>Clear-eyed and grounded, Hoa Nguyen performs a hook and snare on what it means to be a twenty-first century human in the nearly ego-less space of these chiseled yet spacious poems.</p><p><I>It's not a time to run<BR>I wear soft shoes<BR>and it took a long time<BR>to walk here</I></p><p><B>Hoa Nguyen</B> is the co-founder of <I>Skanky Possum</I>. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.</p><BR></DIV>