Ally Ang

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Ally Ang

Ally Ang is a gaysian poet and editor based in Seattle. They are the author of Let the Moon Wobble, forthcoming from Alice James Books in Fall 2025. Ally has received fellowships and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, the Jack Straw Writers Program, and Artist Trust. Ally’s writing has been published in Poets.org, The Rumpus, Muzzle Magazine, and elsewhere. With Cody Stetzel, Ally co-hosts Other People’s Poems, a poetry open mic and reading series at Open Books: A Poem Emporium.

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Let the Moon Wobble (Alice James Books, forthcoming 2025)

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Not Gay as in Happy— and The Love Museum is Offering Free Admission - beestung
Masculinity Ode - Poets.org
Late Summer Ghazal - Parentheses Journal
Spring in Seattle - KUOW
Send Nudes - The Rumpus
Successful Poem - Stone Pacific Zine
Hydra and Autoerotic Abecedarian - Bellingham Review
Collective Invention - ANMLY
Invocation - ALOCASIA; originally published by The Lickety Split
Owed to My Father’s Accent - Columbia Journal 2022 Spring Contest Winner
On Being Asked “What Is Your Dream Job?” - featured on The Slowdown with Ada Limón
You Deserve the World - Commissioned for the 2021 University of Washington Recognition Gala
There’s Nothing Sexy About Wanting to Die; Anti-Ode to Girlhood; Dentistry - Underblong (Runner-Up for the 2021 Blongprize)
Pap Smear - Palette Poetry
Soft Boiled Egg - Touchstone Literary Magazine

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