This anthology of Asian American wommen poets range from established poets like Marilyn Chin, Franny Choi, Victoria Chang, and Bhanu Kapil to emerging voices like Paul Tran, Ryka Aoki, Hyejung Kook, and Monica Sok. They Rise Like a Wave fosters a poetics of experimenting with language renewing a historically narrow and oppressive Western canon. At this time let us remember that our poetry can be a call to imagine how to build a better world.