Hoa Nguyen
Encyclopedia
Born in Vĩnh Long, near Saigon, in 1967, Hoa Nguyen grew up in the Washington D.C. area and studied poetry at New College of California
New College of California
New College of California was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1971 by former Gonzaga University President, Father John Leary. After 37 years, it ceased operations in early 2008....
in San Francisco. She now lives in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
where she leads the Teachers & Writers Collaborative's Virtual Poetry Workshop.
She co-edits Skanky Possum, a book imprint and journal, with her husband Dale Smith
Dale Smith (poet)
Dale Smith is an American poet, editor, and critic. Smith was born and raised in Texas and studied poetry at New College of California in San Francisco...
, and curates a monthly reading series in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. Her poems have been published in various journals and in An Anthology of New (American) Poets (Talisman House, 1998). She is the author of Dark (1998), Parrot Drum (Leroy, 2000), Your Ancient See Through (Sub Press, 2002) and Red Juice (Effing, 2005), Hecate Lochia (Hot Whiskey Press, 2009).
An example of her most notable work is MEAN SUDDENLY BITCH WOMAN, praised for its subtle attack on man's virtue in a soulless society.
External links
- Six poems by Hoa Nguyen at Readme
- Ten poems by Hoa Nguyen at Duration Press
- Nine poems by Hoa Nguyen at The East Village Poetry Web
- "Let's see if she'll run away", a poem at Fence Magazine
- "Of Mercury", a poem from Love Thy Poet Postcard Series
- Hoa Nguyen's Red Juice reviewed by Sueyeun Juliette Lee at Galatea Resurrects
- Hoa Nguyen's Red Ruice reviewed by Nikki Widner at Verse
- Hoa Nguyen interviewed by Carol Mirakove
- Hot Whiskey Press official website.
- Introduction to a reading by poet Hoa Nguyen at the Kelly Writers House, September 19, 2002
- NEA spotlight on Hoa Nguyen and the Teachers & Writers Collaborative's Virtual Poetry Workshop
- Seven poems translated into Vietnamese by Linh DinhLinh DinhLinh Dinh is a Vietnamese-American poet, fiction writer, translator, and photographer. He was a 1993 Pew Fellow.-Biography:...