Elaine Wang.
Elaine Wang is a queer, non-binary Chinese and Taiwanese American writer and actor who has been published in Cherry Tree, The Open Culture Collective, Dust Poetry Magazine, F(r)iction #14, Auburn Avenue, Elastic Magazine, Memorious, Sunstar, Spires, cahoodaloodaling, Zero Ducats, the Lantern Review, FreezeRay, and Front Porch (now Porter House Review).She/he/they (any/all pronouns) was part of 92y’s #wordswelivein project, 7x7’s Exquisite Corpse (collaboration with Kenji Liu), and Unmargin's "Incantations." They are a Kundiman Fellow and 2014, 2017 & 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominee, as well as a 2015 Best New Poets Nominee. Born and raised between Texas and Taiwan, now residing in Los Angeles.
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Awards2014, 2017 & 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominee2015 Best New Poets Nominee
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"I challenge white supremacy to a shootout" Cherry Tree - Issue 8“A Caterpillar Chewing a Weed Leaf Wonders If He’ll Ever Become a Butterfly” Dust Poetry Magazine“Scrolling to Where You Were” The Open Culture Collective Vol. 1“Questions” f(riction) #14 “The Survival Issue”“Borderlands Franchise, as Love Poem” FreezeRay Poetry“Imagining the International Space Station at April 18, 9:03 PM After I’ve Missed It” FreezeRay Poetry“The Memory of Pain” Memorious“Sundown,” “Edict,” and “Untitled” Sun Star Review – Diana Issue“Ritual” cahoodaloodaling“Family Tradition” Auburn Avenue“Incantation for Obstacle” Unmargin
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“You’ll Never Guess How to Make the Best Egg Ever!” Hyphen Magazine“Against” Elastic Magazine“This Is How It Happens” Front Porch Journal (now Porter House Review)“On Poetry Potlucks, Part III” Lantern Review