Episode 30: Isabella Wang

For the final episode of 2021, Makda joins poet Isabella Wang for a conversation about Isabella’s full-length, debut collection PEBBLE SWING. They talk about the beauty of the ghazal, connecting with nature, the process of rediscovering a language, and more.

Isabella Wang is the author of the chapbook, ON FORGETTING A LANGUAGE (Baseline Press, 2019), and her full-length debut, PEBBLE SWING (Nightwood Editions, 2021). Among other recognitions, she has been shortlisted for Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest, The Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Poetry Contest and Long Poem Contest, and shortlisted twice for The New Quarterly’s Edna Staebler Essay Contest. Her poetry and prose have appeared in over thirty literary journals including Arc Poetry Magazine, Prism, and The Fiddlehead, and three anthologies. She is completing a double-major in English and World Literature at Simon Fraser University, and is an editor at Room magazine.

You can order PEBBLE SWING here.

You can find Isabella on Twitter and Instagram @isabellawangbc, or on her website.

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