Entered Some Aliens (Wisconsin Poetry Series) - Softcover

Siew Hii

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299356345 ISBN 13: 9780299356347

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2026

Synopsis

“There is no version of this wherein I am given the time machine and do not destroy it,” writes Siew Hii in this wide-ranging collection that offers a poet’s perspective on what it means to be a queer Asian American in the American South. Exuding wit and profound insight, Hii’s is a voice that can elicit both laughter and sober reflection within the space of a few lines. In an explosion of different styles and formats, they deliver precise, cutting observations about self, family, and strangers. From taking aim at Hollywood’s representations of identity, to exploring the meaning and dynamics of family, to describing their adopted home of Florida through a set of formally explosive poems, Hii makes sense of an unjust and absurd world, all the while exhibiting genuine curiosity and humor. Entered Some Aliens offers rare and powerful insight into feeling out of place and out of time.

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About the Author

Siew Hii is a teacher and writer from Mobile, Alabama, who now lives in Orlando, Florida. Their parents hail from Sibu, Malaysia, and Kentucky, USA. Hii has also lived in Mississippi and North Carolina, where they completed their university studies.

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“what precisely divides race from ethnicity, history from poetry, Deep South

from Diet South, and so on. Homie, I feel so very whatever-I-am.”

—Excerpt from “HOMIE”

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299356345
• ISBN 13: 9780299356347
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96