"The impact of the whole is one in which the elegance of craft provides compressed containers for histories and feelings that would otherwise be unmanageable in their immensity, a treasure in paper money always on the verge of going up in smoke."

—Diane Seuss, author of Frank Sonnets and Modern Poetry 

"Winshen Liu's poems examine peaches for ripeness and, with the magic only the best writers can conjure, finds a way to measure our own grief, hunger, poverty, and desire. These poems are a balm for anyone with an achy heart or an empty wallet. Winshen Liu is a staggering writer."

—José Olivarez, author of PROMISES OF GOLD

"Despite their weighty subjects—poverty, migration and its attendant losses, familial love, grief—the poems in Paper Money feel mobile and vibrant as butterflies..."

—Melissa Ginsburg, author of Dear Weather Ghost and Doll Apollo

"If money burns a hole in your pocket, spend it on this; send a poem up the sky to someone who needs a reminder that they’re remembered, still."

—Cortney Lamar Charleston, author of Doppelgangbanger