Linea d'ombra – anno XIII – n. 101 – febbraio 1995 Shadow Line, February 1995, Number 1 A Chinese American Woman Had a Dreamedited by Scilla Finetti A poet, radical feminist, and political activist, Nellie Wong—through her own family history—exemplifies one of the many experiences of the Chinese diaspora in America. Her father, who left for America at a very young age, returned to China several times to marry and father two children. To join…
Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative 3130 24th Street, San FranciscoWednesday, July 29, 2026 • 7:00-8:30pm LaborFest Writers are proud to announce the publication of Giving Voice 2026: LaborFest Writers Anthology — our latest collection of writing: fiction, polemic, memoir and poetry tracing the lives and struggles of working people across generations and geographies. Giving Voice 2026 honors Nellie Wong (1934-2026) — poet, activist, and beloved member of LaborFest Writers. Her voice is in its pages.…
“I was filled with much emotion as I looked around the classrooms that were nothing like the dingy halls of the ‘Pink Prison’ that I remembered. There was so much light streaming through the windows. Books and art filled the shelves and walls. I recognized names of poets and writers whose books were available. The environment certainly will be conducive to learning.” — “Oakland students choose to name building for radical poet Nellie Wong.” “The…
Nellie Wong wrote this poem, almost completely in Hoisan-wa, in anticipation of her 88th Birthday, creating the English translation on September 12, 2022 – her 88th Birthday. She shared the poem in July of 2023 with her Hoisan sisters, Flo Oy Wong and Genny Lim. The three poets performed together as The Last Hoisan Poets. I wrote it in the spring of my 87th birthday, stretching my brain of our dialect that’s there. Nellie read…
One of the earliest documentaries to broach the topic of Japanese American wartime incarceration, Mitsuye and Nellie profiles Asian American poets Mitsuye Yamada and Nellie Wong, showing them reading their poetry, meeting their family and visiting the Minidoka and Angel Island sites. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at Mitsuye and Nellie: Asian American Poets. See this item in the Densho Digital Repository at: https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-37/. IMBD: Mitsuye and Nellie: Asian American Poets Movie Review: “Up from Invisibility” FREEDOM SOCIALIST…
poem nine / Nellie Wong at Ninety NELLIE WONG celebrates her ninetieth birthday with the publication of Nothing Like Freedom, her fifth collection, after Dreams of Harrison Railroad Park (1977), Death of Long Steam Lady (1986), Stolen Moments (1997), and Breakfast Lunch Dinner (2012). “Nellie Wong at Ninety” is a digital companion project centered around nine poems, chosen by Nellie to represent each decade of her storied life. Nellie reads “Do It Every Morning,” from…
a poem by Robert Rubino and Terry Jacobs celebrating Nellie Wong’s 91st Birthday Nellie at Ninety-One Four years ago we didn’t knowNellie Wong. Didn’t know this writerof poetry lyrical and historicalgastronomical and familialwaterfalls of images falling upon the pageor pin-ball caroming in a voice steady strong. Didn’t know this fighterfor social justice — for workers and immigrantsfor feminism and for peacethis fighter against racism ageism capitalism. Didn’t know this connoisseurof food and music and movies.…
Celebrating Nellie’s 91st birthday! #poetryblooms Ode to the big knife Ai aw in Hoisan-waBig blue scheme the slant and the sheenChopping in rhythm’s precisionDelivering lobster by hand shaped as its original formEloquent in chef’s handFeast for eyes and soulGargantuan yet minusculeHigh how high the culinary artsJust practice more practice, noKneeling but kowtowing of sortsLove for beauty of cadence’s song itsMarinade and dance andNo nullification becauseOperatives of beauteous realmPurity of practice thrums and humsQuintuplet of spirit…
Reading by Genny Lim & Nellie Wong, with Hyeyung Sol Yoon Weds., April 19, 2025, 2pm – 3:30pmLatino/Hispanic Meeting RoomMain Library, 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 SFPL’s Humanities Center celebrates National Poetry Month with a reading by Genny Lim, San Francisco’s 9th Poet Laureate. Cherry blossoms have long been a symbol of life’s brevity. Lim, together with poet Nellie Wong, will address themes of life, death and renewal in the historical and personal…
poem eight / Nellie Wong at Ninety NELLIE WONG celebrates her ninetieth birthday with the publication of Nothing Like Freedom, her fifth collection, after Dreams of Harrison Railroad Park (1977), Death of Long Steam Lady (1986), Stolen Moments (1997), and Breakfast Lunch Dinner (2012). “Nellie Wong at Ninety” is a digital companion project centered around nine poems, chosen by Nellie to represent each decade of her storied life.