Shelley Wong
@shelleywong.bsky.social
poet • author of AS SHE APPEARS (2022), National Book Award longlist, Lambda Literary Award 🌈 shelley-wong.com
Hey, come celebrate with me on 3/22! ❤️🔥🧨 I'll be reading alongside legends Shelley Wong, Margaret Ray, and Traci Brimhall.
Nicole Tallman@natallman.bsky.social · 7mo agoPoets and poetry lovers, please save the date for the online book launch of @gendeguzman.bsky.social’s Karaoke at the End of the World — coming soon from @jacklegpress.bsky.social! 🧨❤️
Congratulations to the finalists of the 2025 Firecracker Award in Poetry! www.clmp.org/programs-opp...
“One of the reasons I love today’s poem is how it’s an ode to walking, a reverential description of how the brain changes when we encounter animals and our selves during the journey,” shares Ada Limón in today’s encore episode.
I’m honored to receive the Pulitzer Prize today. I dedicate this success to my family, friends, teachers, and students in Gaza. I’m praying for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and justice. 🍓🍓🍓🍓
sometimes yr poetry professor also wrote abt Tori Amos & impersonating Marilyn Manson — Joshua Clover, a true multi-hyphenate, the first person I ever saw with an iPod
Joshua Clover was my Cal undergrad poetry workshop teacher. He returned to Berkeley, where he grew up, after writing for the Village Voice & Spin. I loved the work of our visiting writers — Juliana Spahr, Jennifer Moxley, Ange Mlinko. His debut book is mesmerizing.
"Spring insists we can build the world around us again." From @shelleywong.bsky.social's book, As She Appears. #poem #books #writing
My poem “When We Were Young” is up on the Best American Poetry blog - just in time for Dungeness crab season. It first appeared Hanging Loose & is an outtake from my first book. blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_ame...
Shelley Wong: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________ When We Were Young I was a month older. We both had Chinese last names. She was also Khmer, Thai & Vietnamese: a mix of enemies. Thailand always ...
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Love is a story we never tire of telling… Love lives in many rooms. ––Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (@lenakt.bsky.social), from Something About Living
In March, I’m leading a 2-part Poets & Writers workshop on applying for grants, fellowships & residencies. We’ll think through our writing goals & what we need to get there. Come through! www.pw.org/content/work...
