Floating, Brilliant, Gone - Paperback

by Franny Choi (Author)

Beginning at loss and ending in reflective elation, Floating, Brilliant, Gone moves steadily through the many complicated textures of identity, anxiety, and absence. Using a language that is as volatile as the world it tries to occupy, these poems read like lucid dreams that jolt awake at the most unexpected moments. Like a ghost speaking from the ruins of memory, Choi's electrifying debut is at once fiercely imaginative and eerily familiar.

Author Biography

Franny Choi is a Korean American poet, educator, and writer. She was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her BA from Brown University and her MFA from the University of Michigan. She is known for her poetry collections including ""Soft Science"" (2019), ""Floating, Brilliant, Gone"" (2014), and ""The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On"" (2022). Her work often explores themes of identity, technology, gender, and Asian American experience. Choi has also been active in the poetry slam community and was a finalist in various national poetry slams. She co-hosts the VS podcast with Danez Smith, and has taught at Williams College and served as the Poe-Faulkner Fellow at the University of Virginia.