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"Debra Kang Dean thinks big, sharing a sense of her life as it arcs from O'ahu across the Pacific to the mainland United States. A poet reconciling words, doing honor to the language, telling us what it means to be alive 'free to look in both directions, behind us and ahead,' she is a valued resource. With her first book, she makes a memorable and exciting debut."--Colette Inez, from the Foreword.