Jane Wong Explained

Jane Wong
Alma Mater:University of Washington, Bard College, University of Iowa
Occupation:Poet, memoirist, professor

Jane Wong is an American poet and professor at Western Washington University. She is the author of the full-length poetry collections Overpour and How Not to Be Afraid of Everything and has been published in Best American Poetry 2015 and Best New Poets 2012.[1] Wong grew up in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, where her parents owned a Chinese restaurant, and where Jane remembers much of her childhood.[2] In 2023, she released her memoir Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City. She currently resides in Seattle, Washington.[3]

Background

Wong received her B.A. in English from Bard College,[4] her MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and her Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington.[5]

Awards and honors

In 2016, Wong was featured among ten artists to mark the year to come, together with painter Ari Glass, dancer David Rue, and others.[11]

Works

Notes and References

  1. News: Seattle Poet Jane Wong's Hard Work Pays Off in Her Debut Collection, Overpour. The Stranger. 2017-05-23. en.
  2. News: Seattle Authors You Should Know: Jane Wong. 2014-07-28. City Arts. 2017-05-23. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170317173325/http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/seattle-authors-you-should-know-jane-wong. 2017-03-17. usurped.
  3. News: Jane Wong: Poet, Author, Keen Observer. https://web.archive.org/web/20170622030645/http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/jane-wong-poet-author-keen-observer. usurped. June 22, 2017. 2016-12-23. City Arts. 2017-05-23. en.
  4. Web site: Relations . Bard Public . Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, Memoir by Poet Jane Wong '07, Reviewed in the New York Times and Boston Globe . 2023-08-19 . www.bard.edu . en.
  5. News: Jane Wong Department of English Pacific Lutheran University. Pacific Lutheran University. 2017-05-23. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20161104155510/http://www.plu.edu/english/staff/jane-wong/. 2016-11-04. dead.
  6. Web site: American Poetry Review – News. aprweb.org. en. 2017-05-23.
  7. Web site: The Best American Poetry 2015, Guest Edited by Sherman Alexie. www.bestamericanpoetry.com. 2017-05-23.
  8. Web site: Best New Poets: Best New Poets 2012 Final Fifty. Jazzy. 2012-08-14. Best New Poets. 2017-05-23.
  9. Web site: Fellows. Kundiman. en-US. 2017-05-23.
  10. Web site: Bard Press Release Bard Student Jane Wong Wins Fulbright. College. Bard. www.bard.edu. en. 2017-05-23.
  11. Web site: The 2017 Future List - City Arts Magazine. City Arts Magazine. 23 December 2016.
  12. News: 2023-05-14 . Two Memoirs of Chinese American Hunger, Three Decades Apart . The New York Times . en . 2023-08-19 . Wang . Qian Julie .
  13. News: Book review: 'Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City,' by Jane Wong . The Washington Post.
  14. Web site: 2023-05-16 . Tenderness and Ferocity Go Hand in Hand: A Conversation with Jane Wong . 2023-08-19 . Los Angeles Review of Books . en.
  15. Web site: Lin . Francie . May 25, 2023 . Jane Wong's 'Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City' is an intimate portrait of a working-class Chinese American family's scars and glories - The Boston Globe . 2023-08-19 . BostonGlobe.com .

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