Published in: Legacy to Liberation: Writings from Revolutionary Asian America Edited by Fred Ho Big Red Media, 2000
Jeremy Swanson
March 29, 2000
Phi smoothly combines familiar rhyme with subtle, insightful metaphors. -Jeremy Swanson, CD Review of “Flares”, City Pages
Rohan Preston
February 25, 2000
Bao Phi delivers work that has the urgency of fire. -Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, Free Time Section
Flares (abridged version)
January 1, 2000
Written and performed by Bao Phi, recorded by Toby Folwick Currently only available for digital download. Flares (abridged version) by Bao Phi TRACKLISTING Where Is Our Blues? Two Tongues (ft. Truth Maze) – dedicated to I Was Born With Two Tongues Sunflowers Surviving the Translation Light (ft. David Kaminsky) The Baker Birthday (ft. Jen Weir) First Kiss Calling What’s an Asian Man I Travel (ft. Jen Weir, Ed Bok Lee, Su-Yoon Ko, Nicole Erickson,
Eliza Hoyt
May 28, 1999
At 24 years old he is nationally recognized for his turbulent, thought provoking poetry on stage. – Eliza Hoyt, Asian American Press
Home and Waiting for a Cyclo in the Hood
September 1, 1998
Published in: From Both Sides Now: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in Poetry Edited by Phillip Mahony Scribner, 1998
Kristin Tillotson
August 17, 1998
Poets aren’t generally known for their infectious charm… but Bao Phi isn’t just any poet…Phi’s tone can shift easily from serious to humorous, although many of his funny lines are delivered with bite. – Kristin Tillotson, Star Tribune, Variety Cover Story
Break
September 1, 1997
Published in: Roots East, Roots West Journal of the Asian American Renaissance Volume 2, 1997
Fireworks
September 1, 1995
Published in: Sticky Rice Journal of the Asian American Renaissance Volume 1, 1995