THERE ARE NO FILIPINOS IN MISSISSIPPI

[ August 2025 | Purchase from Porkbelly Press ]

“I don’t want to cry again.”

—My father, after being asked if he wanted to read

“Noreen’s poems are such a tender and fresh force in a sea of chapbooks. THIS is one to help a new poet step into the world of contemporary poetry and to add to your bookshelf of beautiful, zingy chapbooks!”

—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of Oceanic, Bite by Bite, and one of my most favorite Filipinos in Mississippi