Hey Siri, What Time is it in Vietnam? — Blue Nguyen
blue nguyen (they/them/he/him) is a vietnamese non-binary lesbian poet, artist, and community organizer based out of boston, ma. they have been nominated for Best of the Net Anthology and Best New Poets Anthology. Their poetry can be found at The Mantle Poetry, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Protean Magazine, Prolit Magazine, DEAR Poetry Journal, Peach Mag, GameOverBooks x FEMS Anthology: love & lasting, and more.
in their free time they enjoy creating mixed media art using anything they can find in their apartment, weaving with yarn and fibers, learning how to woodwork, making sweet and slow breakfast in the morning with their girlfriend/người yêu, and singing bird songs to the moon. blue's poems explore translation as an act of weaving time and grief, as prayer, as apology. much of blue's work is an ode to their ancestors, their family (chosen and not chosen), their lesbian (t4t) love, and queer viet grief and joy.
you can find them on instagram: @blue.ngu and on twitter: @queerqhost.
blue nguyen (they/them/he/him) is a vietnamese non-binary lesbian poet, artist, and community organizer based out of boston, ma. they have been nominated for Best of the Net Anthology and Best New Poets Anthology. Their poetry can be found at The Mantle Poetry, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Protean Magazine, Prolit Magazine, DEAR Poetry Journal, Peach Mag, GameOverBooks x FEMS Anthology: love & lasting, and more.
in their free time they enjoy creating mixed media art using anything they can find in their apartment, weaving with yarn and fibers, learning how to woodwork, making sweet and slow breakfast in the morning with their girlfriend/người yêu, and singing bird songs to the moon. blue's poems explore translation as an act of weaving time and grief, as prayer, as apology. much of blue's work is an ode to their ancestors, their family (chosen and not chosen), their lesbian (t4t) love, and queer viet grief and joy.
you can find them on instagram: @blue.ngu and on twitter: @queerqhost.
blue nguyen (they/them/he/him) is a vietnamese non-binary lesbian poet, artist, and community organizer based out of boston, ma. they have been nominated for Best of the Net Anthology and Best New Poets Anthology. Their poetry can be found at The Mantle Poetry, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Protean Magazine, Prolit Magazine, DEAR Poetry Journal, Peach Mag, GameOverBooks x FEMS Anthology: love & lasting, and more.
in their free time they enjoy creating mixed media art using anything they can find in their apartment, weaving with yarn and fibers, learning how to woodwork, making sweet and slow breakfast in the morning with their girlfriend/người yêu, and singing bird songs to the moon. blue's poems explore translation as an act of weaving time and grief, as prayer, as apology. much of blue's work is an ode to their ancestors, their family (chosen and not chosen), their lesbian (t4t) love, and queer viet grief and joy.
you can find them on instagram: @blue.ngu and on twitter: @queerqhost.