Magnolia 木蘭
Nina Mingya Powles
Seraph Press
pub. 2021

15 March, 2021

Nina Mingya Powles is a writer and zinemaker, and Magnolia 木蘭 is her newest collection of soul-baring poetry. This book is an honest exploration of home and the way its meaning changes and grows alongside us. Powles gently pulls away the defences and boundaries in our minds as though she were peeling one of the many pieces of fruit that remind her of home. She guides us through her own thoughts, not like leading us down a path behind her with a destination in mind, but telling us to follow a moving light over a flowing, shifting expanse of water that has no end.  Read more