Episode 17: Lily Wang

In this episode, writer Lily Wang joins Makda for a conversation about her poetry collection SATURN PEACH. They chat about the experience of being a mentor vs. a mentee, reflect on how it feels to look back on early writing, and explore the different elements that shape the visual language of a poetry collection. 

Lily Wang is the founder and editor of the online lit mag Half a Grapefruit Magazine. She holds an MA in English, with a focus on Creative Writing, from the University of Toronto and their work has previously appeared in places like Peach Mag, The Puritan, The Hart House Review, Bad Nudes and Hobart Pulp. Lily’s first chapbook, EVERYONE IN YOUR DREAM IS YOU, was published by Anstruther Press in 2018 and SATURN PEACH was published by Gordon Hill Press in 2020.