Jane Wong
American poet and professor
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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 she 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]
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Jane Wong | |
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Wong at AWP 2025 | |
| Alma mater | University of Washington, Bard College, University of Iowa |
| Occupations | Poet, memoirist, professor |
| Website | janewongwriter |
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
- 2022 Longlisted for the PEN/Voelcker Award
- 2016 Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize from The American Poetry Review[6]
- 2015 Best American Poetry[7]
- 2012 Best New Poets[8]
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellowship
- Kundiman Fellowship[9]
- 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholarship[10]
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
- Kudzu Does Not Stop, United States : Organic Weapon Arts, 2012. ISBN 9780982710647, OCLC 862072312
- Overpour, Notre Dame, Indiana : Action Books, 2016. ISBN 9780900575914, OCLC 958799445
- How Not to Be Afraid of Everything, Alice James Books, 2021.
- Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, Portland, Oregon: Tin House, 2023. [12][13][14][15]