As we continue our exploration of ekphrastic poetry, poet Fiona Sze-Lorrain, whose first book (Water the Moon) we reviewed last month, graciously answers some questions that we’ve posed to her about the ekphrastic elements of her collection.
LR: How do you envision your work with ekphrasis with respect to the larger arc or project of Water [...]
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The Page Transformed: Fiona Sze-Lorrain on Ekphrasis
Editors’ Picks: Fiona Sze-Lorrain Interviewed by Retort
We were recently given a heads’ up about this fascinating interview in Retort Magazine that Singaporean poet Desmond Kon conducted with Fiona Sze-Lorrain (whose book, Water the Moon, we reviewed earlier this year). [Thanks, D.K., for the link!]
Here’s an excerpt (Sze-Lorrain on place and geography in her work):
Places permeate my writing since you may say [...]
Editors’ Picks: Voices From Southeast Asia
While browsing the library for new voices in Asian American poetry, I came across the book Voices From Southeast Asia: The Refugee Experience in the United States (Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1991). Though the book is not new, it provides historic context for the experiences that have shaped and seeded much of contemporary Southeast Asian [...]
