In September: Holding hands with your heart
I'll be reading around town in September, come hold hands with my heart. What a pleasure and honor to be reading at such an eclectic mix...
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jiwonny
- Jun 19
To Market Or Not To Market
I am on my third book of poems with a small press, which means I have had to learn how to hoof it real good to get my book out there....
jiwonny
- Apr 22
Join me for a book party for A Temporary Dwelling @FiveMyles
With an artist Q&A with Barbara Friedman, whose painting is the cover of the book! RSVP here
jiwonny
- Dec 30, 2023
Recapitulate (Recap) But Don't Capitulate
Summarize, yes. Surrender, no. We focus so much on what is going on in our lives often leading to an intense scrutiny of ourselves that...
jiwonny
- Nov 16, 2023
Can We Talk?
Sharing thought processes of one's art is an essential aspect of being an artist. After some years of writing and being in poetry (in...
jiwonny
- Oct 30, 2023
Help “identify problematic tropes and representations...”
Am I a problematic trope? I have been reading Jenny Pak's book about Korean women and their roles in adjustment and acculturation when...
jiwonny
- Sep 22, 2023
I'm a Stable Genius
I mean would I be making this face if I wasn't a genius. But not a "very" stable genius.
jiwonny
- Aug 24, 2023
Flower Girl: What flower picking represents to a city girl
The second time I visited Martha's Vineyard for summer vacation, we happened upon a flower picking farm and I couldn't believe that such...
jiwonny
- Jul 2, 2023
Maybe Only Rich White People Should Attend Rich White Colleges
The defense for not race mixing...in small white liberal colleges. When I told my parents I wanted to go to a small school in Vermont, I...
jiwonny
- May 3, 2023
The Garden Beckons...
Hanging Loose Press celebrates our magazine issue #113 and publication of Unveiling: Poems and Paintings by Robert Herson and Elizabeth...
jiwonny
- Apr 2, 2023
Not Ornamental
When I order fried chicken wings from my neighborhood Chinese take-out, am I falling under the spell of colonialism? Or am I just...
jiwonny
- Mar 7, 2023
A Community of Cultural Producers
According to Lee and Low's 2015 Baseline Diversity Survey on publshing, Asians make up only 5% of editorial staff, African Americans...
jiwonny
- Feb 5, 2023
Existence in the Diaspora?: I Want to Resonate With You
What does it mean to exist in the Diaspora? It means to be in and of the world. I came to the US when I was two years old, and then sent...
jiwonny
- Jan 1, 2023
How a Poet Who Didn't Go to Cooking School Learns Culinary Acumen
I didn't go to cooking school. Most of my culinary acumen has come from cooking my family's recipes for over twenty years. As we say...
jiwonny
- Nov 27, 2022
What Kimchi Means to Me (and what it might not mean to you)
Many years ago, an owner and chef of a restaurant I really liked told me he made kimchi, and proceeded to describe his process. I didn't...
jiwonny
- Nov 8, 2022
The Korean American Experience Told with Wit, Humor and Poignancy
My second book of poems was chosen by Amerie's Book Club (ABC) as their Monday Selection on Instagram. Amerie is an African...
jiwonny
- Oct 24, 2022
What I learn while doing laundry in the laundromat or rice is not indigenous to Mexico
I like to read whilst I do laundry at our 15th street laundromat. I found a New York Times Styles mag from November 2021 (sometimes I...
jiwonny
- Oct 1, 2022
Reading Your Words Out Loud
The act of reading your words out loud, the words you've been gestating in your soul, heart and brain for days, months, years (or even...
jiwonny
- Sep 18, 2022
Nameable Women Read Poetry Out Loud at Unnameable Books
Check us out at Unnameable Books on September 24th @6PM, a local Brooklyn bookstore supporting local poets and writers. The theme for...
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