Several months ago, I pre-ordered Yilin Wang's new book The Lantern and the Night Moths, which collects Wang's original translations of works by five modern and contemporary Chinese poets as well as several essays by Wang reflecting on her selections. (The official release date for The Lantern and the Night Moths is April 2, 2024, … Continue reading Review: The Lantern and the Night Moths
Publication — Poetry: 2 poems!
A belated announcement: The other two poems I sold to Quatrain.Fish are out, meaning I've sold 10 poems to them this year! You can read them here and here. Don't forget, Quatrain.Fish is still taking submissions of short poetry until December 31, 2020!
Publication: Poetry – “Shifting Sands”
Another of the poems I sold to Quatrain.Fish is out today! This one is dubbed "the shifting sands poem", and you can read it here! Don't forget, Quatrain.Fish closes permanently to submissions in less than two months! If you've got any poems that are four lines or less, send them in today!
Publication – Poetry: “Snailshell House”
News #1: Quatrain.Fish picked up four more of my poems yesterday! News #2: One of those poems, which I call "Snailshell House", came out today! You can read it here!
Publication: Poetry – “Betrothed”
My poem "Betrothed" has been published in Honeyguide Literary Magazine's first issue, alongside a bunch of awesome stories, poems, and creative nonfiction pieces by contributors from around the world! Portions from each sale of Honeyguide go toward supporting a no-kill animal shelter (they've partnered with one in NY for this issue). You can see the … Continue reading Publication: Poetry – “Betrothed”
Publication – New Poem Today!
My latest Quatrain.Fish poem was published today! You can read it here. PS: Yes, in the payment memo line, they wrote "beeeeees!" and I laughed really loudly. I appreciate our shared humor. ^_^
Coming soon – A fresh poem!
The amazing Quatrain.Fish has acquired another of my poems! I'll update again when it comes out, but if you'd like to read my already-published poetry, you can find it below: Quatrain.Fish - "laundering hearts", "buried on the shore", "I believe", "nimble hands", and "kicking cans" can all be found here.New Myths - "Reflections in Space"
Publication – New Poem!
The fifth and final poem I sold to Quatrain.Fish is out! You can read it here. I wrote this poem as an expression of my frustration with continued intolerance and racial inequality in the US. Black lives matter. Love is love. I know there are many, many lists of charities out there working to advance … Continue reading Publication – New Poem!
Publication – Another new poem!
The fourth poem I sold to Quatrain.Fish came out today! This one started out as a much longer piece (closer to 30 lines, instead of the final 4 line version). During my review/editing process for it, I realized these lines (originally the last stanza) packed more of a punch on their own, so I decided … Continue reading Publication – Another new poem!
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