May Chong's guest appearances

May Chong

Strange Horizons

Into the Looking Glass: Exploring the Magic Behind Speculative Poetry

Arkady Martine

Jane Yolen

Adam Ford

Damien Angelica Walters

Heather Morris

Seth Dickinson

Theresa DeLucci

Lara Elena Donnelly

Catherynne M. Valente

Carmen Maria Machado

Kelly Stewart

Christopher Caldwell

Sofia Samatar

Nalo Hopkinson

Charlie Jane Anders

OwlTail

Hello Looking Glass Travellers, and welcome to the month of September. For this month's episode, I got to chat with the lovely May Chong, a fellow Dream Foundry member, and a poet and writer whose work is not consumed but breathed in. Links mentioned:  Find May on Twitter, where she tweets about her work as it comes out, and is an allround lovely person: https://twitter.com/maysays She also has a thread listing her publications: https://twitter.com/maysays/status/1218142901781200896?s=21 Strange Horizons, special issue celebrating South East Asian poets: http://strangehorizons.com/issue/30-august-2021/ Things I Love About My Werewolf Girlfriend, published in Fantasy Magazine: https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/poetry/things-i-love-about-my-werewolf-girlfriend/ Seed Star Song: https://ghostcitypress.com/2020-summer-series/seed-star-song Ghost City Press Chapbook series: https://ghostcitypress.com/2020-summer-series Ito Hiromi: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/hiromi-ito Pablo Neruda: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Neruda Usman Awang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usman_Awang  For full episode notes, including links to more pieces by May, and the prompt of the month, visit https://lookingglasspoets.wordpress.com/2021/09/01/may/. Until next time, Later, lookingglass travellers! Theme music: Wonderland by Alexander Nakarada (serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

Hello Looking Glass Travellers, and welcome to the month of September. For this month's episode, I got to chat with the lovely May Chong, a fellow Dream Foundry member, and a poet and writer whose work is not consumed but breathed in. Links mentioned: <ul> <li>Find May on Twitter, where she tweets about her work as it comes out, and is an allround lovely person: <a href="https://twitter.com/maysays" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/maysays</a></li> <li>She also has a thread listing her publications: <a href="https://twitter.com/maysays/status/1218142901781200896?s=21" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/maysays/status/1218142901781200896?s=21</a></li> <li>Strange Horizons, special issue celebrating South East Asian poets: <a href="http://strangehorizons.com/issue/30-august-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://strangehorizons.com/issue/30-august-2021/</a></li> <li>Things I Love About My Werewolf Girlfriend, published in Fantasy Magazine: <a href="https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/poetry/things-i-love-about-my-werewolf-girlfriend/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/poetry/things-i-love-about-my-werewolf-girlfriend/</a></li> <li>Seed Star Song: <a href="https://ghostcitypress.com/2020-summer-series/seed-star-song" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ghostcitypress.com/2020-summer-series/seed-star-song</a></li> <li>Ghost City Press Chapbook series: <a href="https://ghostcitypress.com/2020-summer-series" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ghostcitypress.com/2020-summer-series</a></li> <li>Ito Hiromi: <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/hiromi-ito" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/hiromi-ito</a></li> <li>Pablo Neruda: <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Neruda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Neruda</a></li> <li>Usman Awang: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usman_Awang" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usman_Awang</a></li> </ul> For full episode notes, including links to more pieces by May, and the prompt of the month, visit <a href="https://lookingglasspoets.wordpress.com/2021/08/01/koji/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://lookingglasspoets.wordpress.com/2021/09/01/may/</a>. Until next time, Later, lookingglass travellers! Theme music: Wonderland by Alexander Nakarada (<a href="http://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">serpentsoundstudios.com</a>) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

3. Finding Yourself Through Poetry with May Chong

"Kamcia" by May Chong, Read by May Chong