Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Anthologies:
For the Time Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals (Bootstrap Productions, 2007)
, The City Visible: Chicago Poetry for the New Century (Cracked Slab Books, 2007)
, The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry, ed. A. Schelling (Wisdom Publications, 2005)
, America Zen: A Gathering of Poets, edited by Larry Smith & Ray McNiece (Bottom Dog Press, 2004)
, Tokens: Contemporary Poetry of the Subway (P&Q Press, 2003)
Books:
Virga (Empty Bowl, 2021)
, ENSO (Entre Ríos Books, 2020)
, AUX ARCS (La Alameda Press, 2013)
, Adamantine (White Pine Press, 2010)
, Haiku Not Bombs (Booklyn Artists Alliance, 2008)
, Sightings: Selected Works (2000-2005) (1913 Press, 2007)
, Works on Paper (Convivio Bookworks, 2007)
, Unnecessary Roughness (xPress(ed), 2005)
, Equivalence (La Alameda Press, 2003)
, Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers (Third Ear Books, 1998)
Chapbook:
Nearly Invisible (Longhouse, 2011)
Journals: ,
Can We Have Our Ball Back
, Columbia Poetry Review
, Foursquare
, Origin
, Ping Pong
, Rhino Magazine
, Sentence
, , Tin Fish
Prizes won:
Life of Discovery Fellowship, 2009; smART Ventures Grant, 2009; 4Culture Grant, 2008, 2009; Soul Mountain Fellowship, 2007; MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 2003, 2004; Cambridge Arts Council Grant, 2003; Puffin Foundation Grant, 2000
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Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Asian American, Buddhist, Chinese American
Prefers to work with:
Adults, Parents, Seniors, Teachers, Women
Fluent in:
Spanish
Born in:
IL
Illinois
Raised in:
Riverside,
CA
California
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Last update: Nov 18, 2021