Poet, Fiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Fiction
Poetry
Anthologies:
Stand-Up Poetry (University of Iowa Press, 2002)
, Urban Nature (Milkweed Editions, 2000)
, The Best American Poetry (Scribner, 1999)
Books:
Empires (Copper Canyon Press, 2019)
, Path, Crooked Path (Copper Canyon Press, 2006)
, Ca Dao Vietnam: Vietnamese Folk Poetry (Copper Canyon Press, 2003)
, Spring Essence (Copper Canyon Press, 2000)
, Locusts at the Edge of Summer (Copper Canyon Press, 1997)
, Words for My Daughter (Copper Canyon Press, 1991)
, Coming Down Again (Simon & Schuster, 1989)
Chapbook:
Like Family (Red Dragonfly Press, 2009)
Journals:
Atlantic Monthly
, Granta
, New York Times Book Review
Prizes won:
The Academy of American Poets' Lamont prize, a National Poetry Series Selection, and two nominations for the National Book Award. Locusts at the Edge of Summer: New and Selected Poems won the 1998 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. A John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. A citation and medal from the Ministry of Culture of Vietnam for my translations of Vietnamese poetry and leadership in the restoration of the ancient text collection at its National Library.
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Prefers to work with:
Adults
Fluent in:
Vietnamese
Born in:
Philadelphia,
PA
Pennsylvania
Raised in:
Philadelphia,
PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: Mar 16, 2021