A Nail the Evening Hangs on
A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok is a debut poetry collection published by Copper Canyon Press in 2020. This edition, comprising 61 pages, presents a unique exploration of a family’s memory shaped by the Khmer Rouge regime, viewed through the lens of a child of refugees. The poems delve into themes of memory, grief, and the complexities of diaspora, blending real and imagined experiences to reflect on the inheritance of trauma and loss.
Readers will find that the collection employs myth-making and fables to navigate the profound struggles associated with genocide and PTSD. The landscape of Cambodia serves as a backdrop, while the poems focus on the in-betweenness of diaspora, highlighting the challenges younger generations face in reconciling their history. A Nail the Evening Hangs On seeks to reclaim the Cambodian narrative, offering a tender and imaginative approach to understanding the past and envisioning new rituals for the future.
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In her debut collection, Monica Sok uses poetry to reshape a family’s memory about the Khmer Rouge regime–memory that is both real and imagined–according to a child of refugees. Driven by myth-making and fables, the poems examine the inheritance of the genocide and the profound struggles of searing grief and PTSD. Though the landscape of Cambodia is always present, it is the liminal space, the in-betweenness of diaspora, in which younger generations must reconcile their history and create new rituals. A Nail the Evening Hangs On seeks to reclaim the Cambodian narrative with tenderness and an imagination that moves towards wholeness and possibility.
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