Sophia Terazawa reads her poem “[“Xa Xa Xa Lắm”]” from Shō No. 4 (Winter 2023-2024).
This poem will appear in Sophia’s third collection of poetry, Oracular Maladies (Noemi Press, 2026)
“This poem was written after a live recording of “Đợi Chờ” sung by Thanh Lam. I have sweet childhood memories of an aunt’s place, where relatives often packed around the television with piles of egg rolls to watch long episodes of musical variety shows like Paris By Night. The person wearing a child’s Santa hat recently appeared in a dream. Everything else in the poem is true and from long ago.”
– Sophia Terazawa
Sophia Terazawa is the author of two poetry collections with Deep Vellum, Winter Phoenix and Anon. A third book of poems, Oracular Maladies, is forthcoming with Noemi Press in 2026. Tetra Nova, a debut novel, will be published in February 2025 by Deep Vellum.