“To dream in oceans of stories, listening to echoes from rituals, ancient and new.”
Poet Nellie Wong celebrates her ninetieth birthday with a specially curated book of poetry, exploring themes of family, art, activism and aging.
Marking her 50th anniversary as a published poet, Nothing Like Freedom is Nellie Wong’s fifth collection of poetry, following Breakfast Lunch Dinner (2012), Stolen Moments (1997), Death of Long Steam Lady (1986), and Dreams of Harrison Railroad Park (1977).
HoongHoongLookLook Press (September 12, 2024)
Language: English
Paperback: 122 pages
ISBN: 979-8-9914008-0-0
Dimensions: 5.5″ x .375″ x 8.5″
Book Price: $20.00
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“These poems are vivid postcards that bring you right there as if standing over Nellie’s shoulder as she writes/remembers/relives. They are moving slices of life that we get to partake of and in, voyeurs sopping up all the minute, richly, savoring details.”
Opal Palmer Adisa
Author of The Storyteller’s Return
“For the last fifty years, Nellie Wong’s poetry has been sounding clarion calls of truth and represents an essential voice in American literature. From her earliest books, through to the newest work, Wong is lyrical, tender, political, and generous. Her world-view is not only intimate and local to working class Asian American communities in California, but simultaneously universal, radical, and transformative. This gathering of poems from across decades offers readers a chance to discover or rediscover this vital and important poet.”
Kazim Ali
Author of The Voice of Sheila Chandra
“Full disclosure: I’ve been a fan of Nellie Wong for many years.
Nothing Like Freedom only reinforces my love of her work. In “Hoisan American Pantoum for Li Hong,” the reader is offered a taste, smells, and a soundtrack. These poems are the work of a steady hand, so many wonderful lines that take you to unexpected places. I will leave them for you to discover, this collection is a treasure.”
Kim Shuck
7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita
Author of Pick a Garnet to Sleep In