hua xi
@huaxixyz
my brain lives rent free in my head / poet & artist / currently a stegner fellow at stanford!
my idols are dead, my enemies are in power, im pacing around my little room, theres a mirror on the wall, the candles have gone out
One of my favorite poems I’ve ever written is out in @kenyonreview today! kenyonreview.org/piece/tunis-vi…
Interview: "There are no real borders except for the borders constructed through language, if you think about it." Read here: poetshouse.org/hua-xi-on-mult… #pdnews
Chicago friends: I’m offering a free poetry workshop at Slant of Light Books. Join us! Support independent bookstores and make a new poem. RSVP now, space is limited:
Wrote a micro-review on the film Black Tea (2024) in @thedrift_mag
Mentions from @therealbradbabs, @PageBerger22, @Return2Sanders, @katz_conn, @aarongonsher, @zoeguttenplan, @erinlangner, @cryinmeehan, @devintoshea, @brynstole, @aprzhu, @harmlessfires, @sydsssssssssss and more. thedriftmag.com/mention/issue-…
My father returned today from the American aid distribution point. When he came home, he looked completely exhausted. A short while later, I overheard him telling my mother what he saw there.
To be more clear, I am, on behalf of my family, starting a small African Poetry Prize in my grandfather’s name. I am looking for volunteers who have experience setting innovations like this up. Communications, strategy, legal support, and project director are some roles I’m…
aroleagarawufoundation.com Looking for a few volunteers to support me with the Alhaji Arole Agarawu African Poetry Prize launcing this October. Would especially appreciate generalists who aren’t primarily in my immediate circle of writers. I will also prioritize people who have…
Poems by Parnia Abbasi, a 23-year-old Iranian poet killed by Israel today: pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-ab…
Poems by Parnia Abbasi, a 23-year-old Iranian poet killed by Israel today: pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-ab…
25 year old Parnia Abbasi, an English teacher and poet, was killed along with her parents in Israel's murderous attack on residential areas in Iran
📣Announcing Eavan Boland Award 2025📣 The Eavan Boland Award invites applications from early-career poets based in the UK and mid-career poets based in Ireland for cross-residency opportunities with @TCDEnglish & @newwritingMCR. ℹ️Award Details / Apply: poetryireland.ie/news/eavan-bol…
MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — AP journalist says Israeli tank and gunfire is heard as crowds of Palestinians try to reach an aid center in south Gaza.
I was chatting to a friend and we were discussing the strange way in which some politicians, presenters, journalists and commentators appear to have had a sudden epiphany about the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. She then reminded me of this book…
cover reveal and pre-order link for “Bloodmercy”: …-american-poetry-review.myshopify.com/collections/bo… Image Credit: “Africaine No. 2” by Shawn Theodore from his “Future Antebellum” series
it's pub day for We Contain Landscapes (@Tin_House, 2025)! for Poetry Society of America, i wrote about the poem "Magnolia" & a form that came to me in a dream, the Cradle 🖤lmk if you write one read the full piece at poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/i…
Thrilled to announce that "THE YEARS OF BLOOD," my debut poetry collection, is now available for pre-order. Cover art by the brilliant @olawaleololade_. Coming September 2, 2025 from @FordhamPress. Grateful to Professor Niyi Osundare, Aracelis Girmay, Remica Bingham-Risher, and…
Today is the official publication date of my debut poetry collection, Hocus Pocus Bogus Locus, published by Black Square Editions. Let me show you where I went when the music of words abducted me. You can purchase your copy directly from: blacksquareeditions.org/books/p/hocusp…
“Saint Hyacinth Basilica” in The New Yorker—on devotion, self-betrayal, faith, lineage, dreaming &&. excited to see the issue in print. & We Contain Landscapes is out on Tuesday 🖤
a sonnet crown from We Contain Landscapes (out with @Tin_House 3/18) is in the latest issue of The New Yorker 🖤 newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…