Novice

“Bodies abound in Novice because living abounds, and what is rare and exquisite about this first book of poems is the startling wisdom Nida Sophasarun summons from a life of wandering and questioning.” ~Jennifer Chang

“Novice is an astonishment. I know of no other debut collection with this much ambition, beauty, and poise. . . . Rigorous, lush, and wry, these poems are fueled by the most poignant forms of wanderlust and desire. I would follow them anywhere.” ~Cecily Parks

“In the sprightly hands of Sophasarun, a poem is floral, existential, a ’90s indie rockstar, a feathered emissary, a eulogy. Her work is cinematic, like memory, sensory in the tangible details.” ~Joseph O. Legaspi