Jane Wong is an American poet and professor at Western Washington University. She is the author of the full-length poetry collections Overpour and How Not to Be Afraid of Everything and has been published in Best American Poetry 2015 and Best New Poets 2012.[1] Wong grew up in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, where her parents owned a Chinese restaurant, and where Jane remembers much of her childhood.[2] In 2023, she released her memoir Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City. She currently resides in Seattle, Washington.[3]
Jane Wong | |
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| Alma mater | University of Washington, Bard College, University of Iowa |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, memoirist, professor |
| Website | janewongwriter |
Background
editWong received her B.A. in English from Bard College,[4] her MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and her Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington.[5]
Awards and honors
edit- 2022 Longlisted for the PEN/Voelcker Award
- 2016 Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize from The American Poetry Review[6]
- 2015 Best American Poetry[7]
- 2012 Best New Poets[8]
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellowship
- Kundiman Fellowship[9]
- 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholarship[10]
In 2016, Wong was featured among ten artists to mark the year to come, together with painter Ari Glass, dancer David Rue, and others.[11]
Works
edit- Kudzu Does Not Stop, United States : Organic Weapon Arts, 2012. ISBN 9780982710647, OCLC 862072312
- Overpour, Notre Dame, Indiana : Action Books, 2016. ISBN 9780900575914, OCLC 958799445
- How Not to Be Afraid of Everything, Alice James Books, 2021.
- Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, Portland, Oregon: Tin House, 2023. [12][13][14][15]
References
edit- ^ "Seattle Poet Jane Wong's Hard Work Pays Off in Her Debut Collection, Overpour". The Stranger. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "Seattle Authors You Should Know: Jane Wong". City Arts. 2014-07-28. Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Jane Wong: Poet, Author, Keen Observer". City Arts. 2016-12-23. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Relations, Bard Public. "Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, Memoir by Poet Jane Wong '07, Reviewed in the New York Times and Boston Globe". www.bard.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ "Jane Wong | Department of English | Pacific Lutheran University". Pacific Lutheran University. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "American Poetry Review – News". aprweb.org. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "The Best American Poetry 2015, Guest Edited by Sherman Alexie". www.bestamericanpoetry.com. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ Jazzy (2012-08-14). "Best New Poets: Best New Poets 2012 Final Fifty". Best New Poets. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "Fellows". Kundiman. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ College, Bard. "Bard Press Release | Bard Student Jane Wong Wins Fulbright". www.bard.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ "The 2017 Future List - City Arts Magazine". City Arts Magazine. 23 December 2016.
- ^ Wang, Qian Julie (2023-05-14). "Two Memoirs of Chinese American Hunger, Three Decades Apart". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ "Book review: 'Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City,' by Jane Wong". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Tenderness and Ferocity Go Hand in Hand: A Conversation with Jane Wong". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ Lin, Francie (May 25, 2023). "Jane Wong's 'Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City' is an intimate portrait of a working-class Chinese American family's scars and glories - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-08-19.