Interview: Hoa Nguyen in Buffalo's The Public with Kevin Thurston
Hoa Nguyen reads at the Just Buffalo Writing Center 7:30 PM on Thursday, March 15 with Sasha Steensen and Ryan Kaveh Sheldon.
Just Buffalo Thursday March 15: Poets Nguyen, Steensen, and Sheldon
Where: Just Buffalo Writing Center 468 Washington St, 2nd floor Buffalo, NY 14203
Date: March 15, 2018
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Article on Hoa Nguyen in the Saigoneer
The barking of a nearby dog forced Hoa Nguyen to pause mid-stanza. It was as if the canine was attempting to collaborate with her poem, a fitting start to the Year of the Dog. This young year saw the acclaimed Vietnamese-American writer return to Vietnam for the first time in nearly half a century. Surrounded by local writers and fans, she was able to celebrate her homecoming with a candlelit reading on a balcony overlooking Hanoi’s West Lake.
"Cutting Across Linearity": Poetics Workshop Jan. 21 to April 15
As poetry changes itself, it changes the poet’s life. Subversion attracted the two of them. By 1860 it was as impossible for Emily Dickinson simply to translate English poetic tradition as it was for Walt Whitman. In prose and in poetry she explored the implications of breaking the law just short of breaking off communication with a reader.
Banff Centre Writing Studio Call for Applications
An ideal environment for artistic inspiration and growth, Writing Studio is structured to provide an extended period of uninterrupted writing time, one-on-one editorial assistance from experienced writers/editors, and an opportunity to engage with a community of working writers.