Join Pao Arts Center in celebrating the release of Let the Moon Wobble, Ally Ang's debut poetry collection, with readings by Ally Ang and Chen Chen, a musical performance by Anju, and an audience Q&A and book signing.
About the Book
In poems born of loneliness, grief, anger, and uncertainty at the convergence of multiple apocalypses: a raging pandemic, a worsening climate crisis, multiple global uprisings, and ever-persisting violence, Ally Ang’s Let the Moon Wobble asks: what makes the end of the world worth surviving?
About Ally Ang
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Ally Ang is a gaysian poet & editor based in Seattle. They are the author of Let the Moon Wobble (Alice James Books 2025). Their work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, The Seattle Met, and elsewhere. Ally is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and MacDowell fellow. Find them at allysonang.com or @TheOceanIsGay.
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Author of two books of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (2022) and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (2017), both published by BOA Editions. His latest chapbook is Explodingly Yours (Ghost City Press, 2023). His honors include two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and United States Artists. He lives in Rochester, NY and teaches for the low-residency MFA programs at New England College, Stonecoast, and Antioch.
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Songwriter, producer, and performer shaped by the people and places in Massachusetts and Minnesota. Their music conjures imaginary lovers, scents of citrus, and visions of hairy brown skin under the sun. Anju’s work has been highlighted by NPR’s All Songs Considered, Rolling Stone India, WGBH, and Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current. They were recently an inaugural member of Club Passim’s Folk Collective, an artist-fellow at Antenna Cloud Farm’s Experimental Institute, and a member of New Amsterdam Records’ Composer’s Lab.
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