In the Distance From Us, by Louis Huan Tran

Prose, poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

In the Distance From Us is a quiet, introspective collection of poems and short essays on perception, memory, and the fragile architecture of selfhood.

At its core, the chapbook lingers on the idea of being, self-worth, and connections. The “distance” in the title gestures toward something luminous and far away, yet reachable, and the journey to navigate the path is also worth treasuring.

Dwelling in the uncertainty of the path of finding oneself and connecting with others, In the Distance From Us traces how emotional identity is shaped and expressed, and the journey of believing in oneself.

Huân is a writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California. Coming from Vietnam, he projects a duality of expressing sensitivity in constraint ways. Drawing from personal memory, philosophy, and artistic practice, his writing moves between poetry and reflective prose, his works often explores identity, perception, and the emotional landscapes that shape human experience. In the Distance From Us is his first publication dwelling in the idea of how a personal self-worth is made, how we connect with each other, and what possibilities we can become.