Nicholas Wong and his book Crevasse have been featured on The Conversant! Fellow poet Brandon Som and Nic had an insightful conversation about body politics, erasure, and the importance of writing in a “literary vacuum.” I cannot write about the black body or the trans body, as my body has only been informed and disturbed in certain ways. I am a […]
Wind down after a day at the Nisei Week Book Fair with a cocktail on the Plaza featuring a multigenerational celebration of Japanese American literary and storytelling culture with San Pedro native son Gene Oishi, reading from Fox Drum Bebop, his debut novel about how internment shaped one man’s entire life, translator Andrew Leong about his search for […]
Recently a book launch for Nicholas Wong’s Crevasse took place at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. This festival is an annual event held over 10 days, featuring established and emerging writers from around the world. Wong’s bilingual reading took place at Aesop and was attended by 40-50 literary enthusiasts. He read the poems “Neighbor” and “Minor Bodies” from Crevasse in […]
In honor of National Poetry Month, NBC News released a list of Asian-American poets to look out for, including our very own Nicholas Wong! The piece talks about Nicholas’s poetry transcends language and place while taking on issues ranging from masculinity and sexuality to race and politics. You can read the entire piece, including a […]
Last Wednesday, February 18th, Amarnath Ravva and Andrew Lam joined USC’S APASS DESI Project and the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity to read from their works and discuss Asian-American identity. Amar opened with a reading from AMERICAN CANYON and accompanying video clips which are featured as stills in his debut. Andrew Lam followed with […]
In an interview with Wasafiri, a British magazine for contemporary international writing, Shailja Patel explores social justice issues through her distinct perspective as an activist and poet. She traces her trajectory to activism from her first career in finance and contemplates the complexity of labels. “‘Activist’ as it’s used in Kenya is inadequate for me because […]
