Games for Children
In my first book, I endeavored to thank everyone who helped me with the process of finishing a manuscript. To name everyone was a monumental task I know I must have fallen short of, and now I try again. Truly, thank you all:
The National Poetry Series. To Rosalie Moffett, Douglas Kearney, Mai Der Vang.
To Milkweed and all their tremendous work. Lauren Langston Klein, Natalie Wollenzien, Alex Guerra, and Morgan LaRocca.
To Affrilachia—Frank X Walker and the Affrilachian poets. All love.
The Stegner program, and especially my cohort. Aria Aber, Callie Siskel, Paul Tran, and Shangyang Fang, as well as Amanda Gunn, Alison Thumel, Jackson Holbert, Austin Araujo, Ajibola Tolase, Claire Meuschke, Derrick Austin, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Safia Elhillo, and Jim Whiteside. A. Van Jordan, Patrick Phillips, and Paisley Rekdal. In memory of Louise Glück.
Adrienne Chung, Ae Hee Lee, Amaud Johnson, Angela Davis Fegan, Anna Leahy, Anthony Cody, Anuradha Bhowmik, Cathy Linh Che, Destiny Birdsong, Dorothy Chan, Eloisa Amezcua, Eugenia Leigh, Fred Sasaki, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Gerald Maa, Hafizah Geter, Helen Shewolfe Tseng, Helene Achanzar, Jaquira Díaz, Jennifer Steele, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Kenyatta Rogers, Kris Yohe, Krista Franklin, Ladan Osman, Leonardo Flores, Margaret Rhee, Martin Espada, Maya Marshall, Monica Ong, Natalie Mesnard, Nay Saysourinho, Rita Mookerjee, Saleem Hue Penny, Shayla Lawson, Su-Yee Lin, Tyler Tsay, Vanessa Angelica Villarreal, and Victoria Chang.
Stéphanie Larrieux and Brown. The 2024 CSREA Fall fellows: Deidra Braz, Jacinda Townsend, Kym More, S. Erin Batiste, Salvador Andrade, and Trinh Mai.
Rutgers University, Airea Dee Matthews, and Gregory Pardlo. The 2021 Poets and Scholars workshop group: Allyce Yang, Arvo Villars, Candida Rodriguez, Genji Amino, Jade Yeung, Kassy Lee, Maria Eliza, Maria Hamilton Abegunde, Sanam Sheriff, Thea Matthews, and Zach Czaia.
Victoria Chang and the 2021 Breadloaf poetry workshop: Ah Hee Lee, Brett Hanley, Diana Cao, Margaret Ray, and Preeti Parikh.
The 2018 Grind: Allison Albino, Annette Wong, Annie Reid, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Linda Keyes, Mariana Goycoechea, Meghan Dunn, Michael Shepherd, Michelle Penaloza, Roy White, Samantha Grenrock, and Valorie Ruiz.
This book was made possible with fellowships, residencies, and grants from: Anderson Center, Bread Loaf, Brown (CSREA Fellowship), Chulitna Lodge Fellowship, Coresidency, Crosstown, Directangle Press, Electronic Literature Organization (Amplify Anti-Racism Creative Fellowship), Hyde Park Art Center (Radicle Residency), Just Buffalo Poetry Fellowship, Laboratory Spokane, Loghaven, Marble House, Merrill House, Santa Fe Art Institute, Stanford (Stegner Fellowship), University of Pittsburgh (Dream-Space Residency at the City of Asylum), and Willapa Bay.