Hardly War by Don Mee Choi Ian Seed What is still wild in

What is still wild in us - and is it recoverable

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Hardly War by Don Mee Choi Ian Seed What is still wild inHardly War, first published in the USA in 2016 and finally published in the UK in 2025, splices the personal and political to dizzying effect in a poetry fluid with forms and genres including reportage, memoir, opera libretto, archival photos and drawings. Using artifacts from Choi's father, a professional documentary photographer during the Korean and Vietnam wars, she explores her paternal relationship and heritage. Here poetry and geopolitics are