{"product_id":"come-clean-paperback-softback-9780299336042","title":"Come Clean (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299336042","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCome Clean\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoshua Nguyen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299336042\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 November 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e96 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 17.8 x 0.6 cm, 0.198 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJoshua Nguyen's sharp, songlike, and often experimental collection compartmentalizes past trauma--sexual and generational--through the quotidian. Poems aim to confront the speaker's past by physically, and mentally, cleaning up. Here, the Asian-American masculine interrogates the domestic space through the sensual and finds healing through family and in everyday rhythms: rinsing rice until the water runs clear, folding clean shirts, and attempts at re-creating an unwritten family recipe. Yet past wounds remain present like permanent marker under layers of paint or spilled fish sauce set into car upholstery. Infused with the Shinto-inspired organizing practices of KonMari and the catchy nihilism of Mitski's songs, the poems in \u003cem\u003eCome Clean\u003c\/em\u003e unpack, organize, and tidy up life's messy joys and hurtful chaos with intimacy, grace, and vulnerability. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo matter how smattered my insides,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am relieved that I left my room tidy—\u003cbr\u003e One less ugly sight.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e I always wanted to die clean \u0026amp; pretty\u003cbr\u003e while my dreams made music in the night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Excerpt from \"Last Words\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSave Me, Marie Kondo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarch 4th\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy First Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWisconsin Has A Place in My Heart \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e I Just Want It to Let Go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Marie Kondo Manifesto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFather, the Father\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashing Rice [American \u003cbr\u003eLụ\u003cbr\u003ec BÁ\u003cbr\u003et]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Brother Explains Driving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Dirty Floor in The Key of Elbows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeeling Eggs [American Lụ\u003cbr\u003ec BÁ\u003cbr\u003et]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bunk Bed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Toast \/ Butter \/ Sugar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Blessing the House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarie Kondo Is My Hero: A Lesson on Folding Undergarments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Day of School Aubade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter I Was Mistaken for the Stripper While Delivering Barbeque to an All-White Bachelorette Party\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dim Sum Depression\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScratch My Back \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e I’\u003cbr\u003ell Love You Forever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Argument About Being Needy While Underneath Binary Stars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarie Kondo Is My Hero: A Lesson on Clothing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd Coconut Water [American Lụ\u003cbr\u003ec BÁ\u003cbr\u003et]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExhaustion [But Every Time Leela Rose Kisses a Random Asian Man in The Street, A New Stanza Begins \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e The Amount of Words Between The Boxes Increase By 1]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-Portrait as The Hand Towel Which Hangs Above The Toilet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Bathroom After Eating Flaming Hot Cheetos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCome Clean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Fall In Love With The Scientist Behind The Mask\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeak Quotidian to Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Night Withstand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFunny as Fuck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd Pepper To Taste The Dark [American Lụ\u003cbr\u003ec BÁ\u003cbr\u003et]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 Things To Do Before You Leave The Restaurant Job You Hate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoogle Calendar for My Imposter Syndrome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Failed American Lụ\u003cbr\u003ec BÁ\u003cbr\u003et Responds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLast Words [Extended Cento]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ritual of Mourning Has Changed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVietnamese Bedwetting Stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Thị\u003cbr\u003et Kho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Praise of my Threaded Eyebrows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDicing Garlic [American Lụ\u003cbr\u003ec BÁ\u003cbr\u003et]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Father Explains Employment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Mother Explains Universal Healthcare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Cat Doesn’\u003cbr\u003et Grasp Object Permanence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarie Kondo Is My Hero: On Organizing Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOde to My Brother’\u003cbr\u003es V-neck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Sister Listens to ‘\u003cbr\u003eRun River North’\u003cbr\u003e For the First Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Season is My Greenhouse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarinate Using Fish Sauce [American Lụ\u003cbr\u003ec BÁ\u003cbr\u003et]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Don’\u003cbr\u003et Trust the Dishwasher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMother, One Day I Will Cook For You [American Lụ\u003cbr\u003ec BÁ\u003cbr\u003et]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoarder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand 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