Booklist reviews TIMBER & LUA by Vi Khi Nào and Lily Hoàng

Award-winning interdisciplinary writers Hoàng and Nào provocatively interrogate language,
comprehension, and communication in a global world. Their collaborative result is a polyglot
showcase that combines English, Vietnamese, and a hybrid Vietlish to present 10 “experimental
narratives”—a non-love story, disorienting conversations, dystopic genocide—that prove
intriguingly experiential.