Eastern Connecticut State University: Lilia Burdo Self-Publishes Poetry Exploring Her Chinese-American Adoptee Identity
December 12, 2023
December 12, 2023
WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Dec. 12 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news:
Senior English major Lilia Burdo has published a chapbook of poems, "Yin Ri Bei," inspired by her life growing up as a transracial adoptee from China.
Her chapbook, which is a small paper-covered booklet, stands out for its message of self-acceptance as Burdo has navigated a world with systemic biases toward Asian Americans, facing the "model minority&quo . . .
Senior English major Lilia Burdo has published a chapbook of poems, "Yin Ri Bei," inspired by her life growing up as a transracial adoptee from China.
Her chapbook, which is a small paper-covered booklet, stands out for its message of self-acceptance as Burdo has navigated a world with systemic biases toward Asian Americans, facing the "model minority&quo . . .