The Rabbit God protector of queer hearts across East Asia. Can this ancient myth help rewrite our tomorrowsHongwei Baos debut collection charts an emotional journey through centuries and between nations with the poets own migration from Inner Mongolia to Nottingham offering a unique fascinating perspective through which to examine Asian and queer identity.These are poems which hop energetically over any and all borders. Scenes of everyday heartache give way to fireworks of rage and joy while intimate examinations of relationships and desire sit alongside politically charged pieces as the poet contrasts injustices from ancient China with those from presentday England.In verses alive with longing and resistance Baos poems ask what does it mean to love defy and bloom as a queer Asian soul in our everchanging world