Informed by mythology, history, religion, and science, these poems explore “the whole world in miniature,” where the “pores of the earth pull beneath the sands,” as well as the vast expanses of sky and sea, where “drifting things must come naked.” Huynh’s subjects are often reminded “our condition is temporary,” but he is a voice who is establishing a permanent place for himself in American poetry. (from Hayley Mitchell Haugen, editor-in-chief of Sheila-Na-Gig and author of The Blue Wife Poems)

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These are poems that beg to be read aloud, syllable by syllable, phoneme by phoneme. –Michael Poage, Fulbright Professor of English Literature and Usage, Walailak University, Thailand 

Curious, erudite, and darkly whimsical, Inquiry tackles the harrowing without being hopeless. –Katrina Agbayani, associate editor at Acta Victoriana

Alex Van Huynh’s first collection takes us into the deep inquiries of a mind fully engaged with both the known and unknowable-a voice who is establishing a permanent place for himself in American poetry. –Hayley Mitchell Haugen, editor-in-chief of Sheila-Na-Gig

A towering achievement of cultural synthesis and literary alchemy, rendered in poetry that seems summoned out of a mythic past, full of magic…. The musicality of Huynh’s lyrical language demands to be read aloud. –Larry W. Moore, publisher of Broadstone Books

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