Sally Wen Mao reads “Haibun: Spring” from her collection Kingdom of Surfaces (Graywolf Press, 2023).
Sally Wen Mao is the author of the poetry collection The Kingdom of Surfaces and the forthcoming fiction debut Ninetails. She is also the author of the poetry collections Mad Honey Symposium and Oculus, which was a finalist for the 2020 Los Angeles Book Prize in Poetry. The recipient of an NEA grant, a Cullman Fellowship, a Shearing Fellowship, and two Pushcart Prizes, Mao lives and teaches in New York City.