Vanessa Huang

Poet, Spoken Word Artist

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Author's Bio

Born in Berkeley and home in diaspora from California and Taipei to Atlanta, New York, and Tianjin, Vanessa Huang is a poet, artist, and cultural worker whose practice inherits teachings from the prison industrial complex abolition, gender liberation, and intersecting social justice movements over the last decade.

quiet of chorus, Vanessa’s first book of poems, is forthcoming with UpSet Press.

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Anthologies:

Captive Genders (AK Press, 2011)

The Revolution Starts at Home (South End Press, 2011)

Here is a Pen (Achiote Press, 2009)

Journals:

Adrienne

CounterPunch

Feminist Studies

Poets for Living Waters

The Feminist Wire

Spoken Word

Performances:

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (2014)

Bluestockings (2012)

Charis Books & More (2012)

La Casa Azul Bookstore (2012)

Mills College (2012)

The Compound Gallery (2012)

Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe (2012)

African American Arts and Culture Complex (2011)

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Asian American, Chinese American, Disabled, Feminist, LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Any, LGBTQ, Disability, Incarcerated individuals, Seniors

Fluent in:

English

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Last update: May 12, 2016