In his debut poetry collection sam Cheuk attempts to invent a new way of truth-telling. Borrowing disparate ideas and modes ranging from self-censorship and identity performance lyric poetry and phenomenology Cheuk reverse-engineers the parlance of postmodernism in search of the primal motivation behind expression all the while asking the question: is a lie a lie if the liar shows you how he lies?
In his debut poetry collection sam Cheuk attempts to invent a new way of truth-telling. Borrowing disparate ideas and modes ranging from self-censorship and identity performance lyric poetry and phenomenology Cheuk reverse-engineers the parlance of postmodernism in search of the primal motivation behind expression all the while asking the question: is a lie a lie if the liar shows you how he lies?