Magnolia: Poems

Finalist for the 2021 RSL Ondaatje Prize Finalist for the 2020 Forward Prize for Best First Collection A Chicago Review of Books Best Book of the Month and a Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year Magnolia, Nina Mingya Powles’ exquisite debut poetry collection, pushes the borders of languages and poetic forms to examine memories, myths, and the experiences of a mixed-race girlhood. From Aotearoa to London, from Shanghai to New York City, these poems journey across shifting, luminescent cities