Poems by Thien-Bao Phi chapbook designed by Douglas Kearney with artwork by Chamindika Wanduragala
The Way We Pay
September 1, 2004
Poetry by Thien-Bao Phi limited edition of 50 chapbook designed by Douglas Kearney with artwork by Sylvia Quan La Includes: FOBulous Giving My Neighbor a Ride to Her Job Race Musings on How I Regard Asian American Literature Riot Bread and Glass Miss Saigon Every Day People No Offense Mass Transit For Colored Boys in Danger of Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome and All the Rest For Whom Considering Suicide
Yellowbrown Babies for the Revolution
September 1, 2004
Published in: Hop Luu Literary Journal: The Generation After the War Edited by Nguyen-Vo Thu-huong Volume 69: 1, 2004
FOBulous
September 1, 2003
Published in: XCP: Cross Cultural Poetics Edited by Mark Nowak College of St. Catherine, No.12, 2003
For Us
September 1, 2003
Published in: Amerasia Journal: Diaspora & Dimensions Edited by Professor Linda Vo UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, Volume 29 No.1, 2003
Reverse Racism
September 1, 2003
Published in: Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images Edited by M. Evelina Galang Coffee House Press, 2003
FOBulous
November 22, 2002
In reference to the derogatory term FOB (Fresh Off the Boat). Fresh Off the boat, FOBulous, Follower Of Buddha, FOBtastic got Fumbling Ofay Boys fiending for the Fruit of Our Basket forget about it they Finished, Obsolete, Bankrupt Fucking Old Bastards and they sons too Founded Oppressive Baccalaureates in Fucking Over Browns a Fetish Only for yellow Bedfellows Frequent Oriental Brothels because they believed that the Fugitives On Board knew
Ishle Park
November 1, 2002
If you listen closely, every poem on Bao’s CD is a love poem: rough-edged, raw, and scalding, or quiet enough to break your heart. Much will be said about his fearless politics and his power, but his words are also threaded with humor, humanity, and beauty – my brother is on a mission to keep us all knit tight, and to remind us how we are quilted together in this
Refugeography
October 29, 2002
Written and performed by Bao Phi Recorded and mixed by Larry Lucio, Jr. Artwork by Chamindika Wanduragala. Currently only available for digital download. Refugeography Disc 1 by Bao Phi TRACKLISTING You Bring Out… (inspired by Sandra Cisneros, “You Bring Out the Mexican In Me”) Intro (written and performed by Theresa Vu of Magnetic North) Today (ft. vocals by Emily Chang and Seng Chen on bass) Reverse Racism For Colored Boys
Surviving the Translation (chapbook)
September 1, 2002
Collected Poems from 1993 – 2002 chapbook designed by Douglas Kearney with artwork by Phloe Includes: Space Dear Senator McCain Poetry Never Leads to Love Surviving the Translation Light Bright Lady Reverse Racist Called Missed Sigh Gone What’s an Asian Man? You Bring Out the Vietnamese in Me Dandelions Birthday Yellowbrown Babies for the Revolution For Us