Monica Youn on Poetry Daily
Landscape with Ignatz
On Ignatz's Eyebrow
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The first Korean-American Rhodes Scholar and a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, Monica Youn is a media and entertainment attorney at NYU Law School’s Brennan Center, as well as a creative writing instructor at Columbia University. She was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Her collections include “Barter” (2003), and the forthcoming “Ignatz,” which is inspired by the mouse of the early 20th century comic strip, “Krazy Kat.” Her poems have appeared in numerous publications and collections, including the “Norton Anthology: Language for a New Century,” (2008), “Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation” (2004), “Fence,” “AGNI,” and “Poetry Review.” She is also an at-large New York delegate pledged to support Barack Obama.
Michael Leong on Verse Daily
Aviary
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Michael Leong was educated at Dartmouth College, Sarah Lawrence College, and Rutgers University. His poems have appeared in journals such as Bird Dog, jubilat, NFG Magazine, Opium Magazine, Pindeldyboz, and Tin House. He is the author of a collection of poetry, e.s.p. (Silenced Press, forthcoming), and a translation of the Chilean poet Estela Lamat, I, the Worst of All (blazeVOX [books], 2009). He currently lives in New York City and can be found on-line at http://michaelleong.wordpress.com/.
Eugene Gloria on Indiana Review
Young Americans
My Favorite Warlord
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Eugene Gloria was born in Manila, Philippines and grew up in San Francisco. He earned his BA from San Francisco State University, his MA from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of two books of poems -- Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short-Time Motel (Penguin, 2000), which was selected for the 1999 National Poetry Series and the 2001 Asian American Literary Award.
Landscape with Ignatz
On Ignatz's Eyebrow
View the poems HERE
The first Korean-American Rhodes Scholar and a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, Monica Youn is a media and entertainment attorney at NYU Law School’s Brennan Center, as well as a creative writing instructor at Columbia University. She was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Her collections include “Barter” (2003), and the forthcoming “Ignatz,” which is inspired by the mouse of the early 20th century comic strip, “Krazy Kat.” Her poems have appeared in numerous publications and collections, including the “Norton Anthology: Language for a New Century,” (2008), “Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation” (2004), “Fence,” “AGNI,” and “Poetry Review.” She is also an at-large New York delegate pledged to support Barack Obama.
Michael Leong on Verse Daily
Aviary
View the poem HERE
Michael Leong was educated at Dartmouth College, Sarah Lawrence College, and Rutgers University. His poems have appeared in journals such as Bird Dog, jubilat, NFG Magazine, Opium Magazine, Pindeldyboz, and Tin House. He is the author of a collection of poetry, e.s.p. (Silenced Press, forthcoming), and a translation of the Chilean poet Estela Lamat, I, the Worst of All (blazeVOX [books], 2009). He currently lives in New York City and can be found on-line at http://michaelleong.wordpress.com/.
Eugene Gloria on Indiana Review
Young Americans
My Favorite Warlord
View the current issue of Indiana Review HERE.
Eugene Gloria was born in Manila, Philippines and grew up in San Francisco. He earned his BA from San Francisco State University, his MA from Miami University of Ohio, and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He is the author of two books of poems -- Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short-Time Motel (Penguin, 2000), which was selected for the 1999 National Poetry Series and the 2001 Asian American Literary Award.
