Jennifer Wong is a woman poet and writer from

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Biography

Wong studied

English literature English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian languages, Anglo-Frisian d ...

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

. She gained an MA in

creative writing Creative writing is any writing that goes beyond the boundaries of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on craft and technique, such as narrative structure, character ...

at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

and a PhD in creative writing at

Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (OBU; formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Th ...

. In 2005, she taught creative writing at the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia Coll ...

and worked as writer-in-residence at

Lingnan University Lingnan University a public research university located in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. Lingnan University has 3 faculties, 3 Schools, 16 departments, 2 language centres, and 2 units (science and music), offering 29 degree honours ...

in 2012. Her first UK collection
Letters Home
ref name=":1"> (Nine Arches Press 2020), which explores questions of migration, language, art and racial identities, was a Poetry Books Society Wild Card Choice. Her writing has been included in ''

Poetry London ''Poetry London'' is a literary periodical based in London. Published three times a year, it features poems, reviews, and other articles. Profile Adopting the title of an earlier bimonthly publication which ran from 1939 to 1951, ''Poetry London' ...

Oxford Poetry ''Oxford Poetry'' is a literary magazine based in Oxford, England. It is currently edited by Luke Allan. The magazine is published by Partus Press. Founded in 1910 by Basil Blackwell, its editors have included Dorothy L. Sayers, Aldous Huxle ...

Wasafiri ''Wasafiri'' is a quarterly British literary magazine covering international contemporary writing. Founded in 1984, the magazine derives its name from a Swahili word meaning "travellers" that is etymologically linked with the Arabic word "safari ...

Washington Square Review ''Washington Square Review'' (usually shortened to ''ON SQU'') is a nationally distributed literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays and reviews, many of which are later reprinted in annual anthologies. It is the graduate equiv ...

, The Scores', Magma Poetry, Tupelo Quarterly', Sinetheta,'' ''Oxonian Review',

World Literature Today ''World Literature Today'' (''WLT'') is an American magazine of international literature and culture, published at the University of Oklahoma. The magazine's stated goal is to publish international essays, poetry, fiction, interviews, and book ...

, Wildness, Asian Cha, Under the Radar'' ''and Lincoln Review''. She is the author of ''Identity, Home and Writing Elsewhere: Contemporary Chinese Diaspora Poetry'' published by

Bloomsbury Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London, part of the London Borough of Camden in England. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural institution, cultural, intellectual, and educational ...

in 2023. Together with Eddie Tay, she co-edited the anthology ''State of Play: Poets of East and Southeast Asian Heritage in Conversation'' (Outspoken Press, 2023) featuring dialogues and correspondences between poets. Together with ''

'', she co-curated a Poetics of Home Poetry Festival in 2021. She worked as a writer-in-residence with ''Wasafiri'' in 2021 and a visiting fellow for Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) in 2022. She has taught creative writing at

Poetry School Poetry School is a national arts organisation, registered charity and adult education centre providing creative writing tuition, with teaching centres throughout England as well as online courses and downloadable activities. It was founded in 1997 ...

City Lit City Lit is an adult education college in Holborn, central London, founded by the London County Council in 1919, which has charitable status. It offers part-time courses across four schools and five "centres of expertise", covering humanities an ...

, Oxford Brookes University and Arvon.

Publications

''Time Difference'' (Verve, 2024) ''Identity, Home and Writing Elsewhere in Contemporary Chinese Diaspora Poetry'' (Bloomsbury 2023) ''Where Else: An International Hong Kong Poetry Anthology'' (Verve Poetry Press, 2023). Co-edited with Jason Eng Hun Lee and Tim Tim Cheng ''State of Play: Poets of East and Southeast Asian Heritage in Conversation'' (Outspoken Press, 2023). Co-edited with Eddie Tay ''Letters Home'' (Nine Arches Press 2020) ''Diary of a Miu Miu Salesgirl'' (Bitter Melon Poetry, 2019) ''Goldfish'' (Chameleon Press 2014) ''Summer Cicadas'' ''(''Chameleon Press 2006)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Jennifer Hong Kong women poets Alumni of University College, Oxford Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academic staff of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Academic staff of Lingnan University 2012 Cultural Olympiad Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Oxford