Becoming AppalAsian Quitab Editions The Coincidence of Castles is

The Coincidence of Castles is a full life through the eyes of a too-humble poet

and erasures are like the clefts across which synapses fire

/ listen for arpeggio hooves

Comparisons open into comparisons like petals from otherworldly flowers

Because of the dignified

Becoming AppalAsian Quitab Editions The Coincidence of Castles isBecoming AppalAsian is a homage to Lisa Kwong's parents, ancestors, ancestral land, homeland, and chosen land. China influences the cadence through which she experiences all spaces, whether that be Radford, Virginia where she worked as a waitress in her parents' restaurant or in Bloomington, Indiana as an artist and academic in a predominantly white University town. Lisa carries the pride of her father's quest to achieve the American Dream as a