Chin's sixth collection addresses a litany of issues including the
COVID-19 pandemic, the concurrent rise in
violence against Asian Americans, and the means of social justice through forms like ranging from
ekphrasis to satire. In
Poetry International Online, she discussed the book's experimentation with form, as well as the influence of both classical Chinese poetry and
hip-hop. In the
Oxford Review of Books, Chin described her poetics as inseparable from her identity, saying "my skin colour, my biology, my experience as a minority person bullied by the dominant society—all are integral to the work." == Critical reception ==