The Pathos of Ephemera: A Review of A Bestiary by Lily Hoang
Hoang’s claim that A Bestiary is an incongruous combination is instructive. Elements of fable, memoir, flash fiction, lyric essay and commonplace book are placed in dialogue as Hoang leads the reader from a story about the speaker’s deceased sister’s battle with heroin addiction to a quote from David Foster Wallace, to a note on Mao Zedong’s Four Pests campaign.
Bridget Bergin reviews A Bestiary by Lily Hoang.