some field notes on nostalgia (disguised as a wikipedia page)

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Blue Nguyen

Blue Nguyen is a Vietnamese non-binary lesbian poet, artist, and organizer. Inspired by cartography and traditional symbolism in Viet architecture and culture–they research the architecture of grief. They work with poetic syntax, oral history, Vietnamese traditional woodworking, textile, and fiber techniques. Their artistic journey began with poetry as a translation on grief, an act of prayer. Now as they research using materials off the page, their work questions what can a poem be made of– prayer as poetics, poetics as prayer. Nominated for Best of the Net Anthology and Best New Poets Anthology, their poetry can be found at Protean Magazine, DEAR Poetry Journal, Peach Mag, and more. They received scholarship and fellowship at the following institutions; FAWC, Brew and Forge, Lambda Literary. Their book Hey Siri, What Time is it in Vietnam? is forthcoming with GameOverBooks. You can find more of their work on bluenguyen.com.

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