Banned Poetry Flourishes in Vietnam
Open Your Mouth is the name of a group of Vietnamese poets whose work eschews the beauty and formality of traditional poetry. Their work is filled with the slang, curses and sexual innuendo of the street, and "in print, their poems appear as if they were written by five-year-olds or illiterate drunkards." Their packed readings have been banned by the government, but their books, printed on copiers continue to be a huge success, "and have become a must-read among Vietnam's intelligentsia."