Woman. Warrior. Writer. Debra Kang Dean
Meet March’s Woman Warrior Writer Debra Kang Dean! Debra Kang Dean is the author of two prize-winning chapbooks and three full-length books of poetry. Totem: America, her most recent book, […]
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Passing in the Middle Kingdom: When I Sleep
This poem When I Sleep was first published in an anthology released by the Asian American Women’s Artists Association Cheers to Muses. I believe there are still hard copies of
Hawai’i: Stars and Pines
Diamond Head Cemetery. A Cook pine from New Caledonia. Yellow stars that poured from a tree? Anyone know the name? The ground as sky. The dead slumber. Decades pass. Beloved
Passing in the Middle Kingdom: Genus Mui Wo
This is Mui Wo at night. The path up to my former home. It’s wonderfully quiet and there’s a calm truth to being outside with the frogs and the darkness
Passing in the Middle Kingdom: I Never Liked Redheads
This poem appeared in the hard copy journal Voice and Verse Poetry Magazine Intercourse and Intertextuality (2019). Myself, ex, and child were in London. We stayed in Canary Wharf. Shout
Passing in the Middle Kingdom: The Forgetting
I have posted this poem The Forgetting elsewhere. It’s never been published by a journal. It is one of the most significant poems that I have written and I stand