New poem: “Wishes from Hong Kong”
Hong Kong has inspired a sense of awe and disbelief every time I’ve visited. During the protests last summer, a friend said to me, “The government here doesn’t appreciate how …
“Coronavirus in China” – published on Rattle
What’s it like to be in China during the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic? I wrote a poem about it, a six-parter that was published on Sunday in Rattle.
New poem in Michigan Quarterly Review: “Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi”
Hey! I have a new published poem, in the latest issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, inspired by the “Fountain of the Four Rivers” at Piazza Navona in Rome. The fountain …
New poem in The Cortland Review: “Growing Up With Beijing”
Really excited and honored to see my poem “Growing Up With Beijing” in the latest issue of The Cortland Review. Read it here. The poem was inspired by Beijing’s now-sealed …
“6/4” published in latest Asian Cha
My poem “6/4” has been published in the latest Asian Cha, my second time appearing in this Hong Kong-based journal (see: Mid-Autumn Blood Moon). Editors Tammy Ho-Lai Ming and Lucas …
My poem on NPR’s All Things Considered
I woke up today to a message in a WeChat group from an old friend saying she heard me on the radio. And indeed, one of my poems did make it …
The Last Tribe on Earth: The album
The album Liane Halton and I have been working on — a journey that began nine months ago with our first collaboration at DDC — is done. Behold, The Last …
Mid-Autumn Blood Moon
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone. Mid-Autumn Blood Moon was first published in Asian Cha in its June 2016 issue. (See more in the poetry section.)
My poem “Baby Rabbit” appears in the current issue of Naugatuck River Review
Recently received my copy of the Winter/Spring 2017 issue of Naugatuck River Review, in which my poem “Baby Rabbit” appears. You can read the poem here. Thanks go out to …
“Things That Taste Like Purple” finally published in Kartika Review
A big thanks to Paul Lai and the other editors of Kartika Review who rescued “Things That Taste Like Purple” — my poem about baijiu, first submitted in 2013 — from the …