"In this ferocious and tender debut, Chen Chen investigates inherited forms of love and family -- the strained relationship between a mother and son, the cost of necessary goodbyes -- all from Asian American, immigrant, and queer perspectives. Holding all accountable, this collection fully embraces the loss, grief, and abundant joy that come with charting one's own path in identity, life, and love. When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities....

"Fiery, devotional, and sparking with wit, these poems journey through love in all its forms. These are shrines to a mother's tenderness, to a lover's leaving words, to every colorful queer who has found themselves in the glowing image of another. SHRINES is half queer coming-of-age tale, half a mad dash to ecstasy, all pulsing with effervescent joy. "We are so lucky to live in a world where this book exists. To go back to your own profane self and...