Mia Cheung

Dandelion Body Mia Cheung

An exploration of identity and self, Dandelion Body encapsulates both the beauty and the challenges of growing up in a digital world. Throughout the book, Cheung cracks open coal to find honey. She sets out a welcome mat to inside her sixteen years of life, using poetry to remind people that even a storm leaves softness and sweetness in its wake. "Mia Cheung's poems offer immediacy and energy, a direct voice talented in fusing feeling with thought..." James Engell, Gurney Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature and former Chair of the English Department at Harvard University. "Mia's poetry is among the most lucid and self-aware I have seen in a while..." Cassandra Luca, Harvard College, Class of 2021. "Thoughtful, playful, angry, sad, sharp, pointed, whimsical, these poems are a refreshingly diverse exploration of identity and self." Marcel Gauthier, Head of School at Shanghai American School and former professional poet