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Next reading! Hope to see you there.

Hope you can join me to celebrate the release of my new book The Peeling of a Name at Black Bird Bookstore in San Francisco. More info found on the link below. Register at the link below to be entered for a prize at the event!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-anhvu-buchanans-the-peeling-of-a-name-tickets-657381715407

The Peeling of a Name is an exploration of the idea and the power of names, what it means to grow up Asian American, what it means to be Asi

My newest book The Peeling of a Name is available to order now!!! Click on link to get a copy 🙏🏽

Excited to be reading in person for the first time since Pandemic and only doing it to celebrate this important moment. The release of Truong Tran’s incredible new release Book of The Other. It’s Friday November 19th at Green Apple Books (On the Park) at 7 PM. You can also tune in via Zoom if you can’t make it. More information can be found at the link below:

https://www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-truong-tran-anhvu-buchanan-carolyn-ho-and-daniel-suarez

#truongtran #bookoftheother #poetry #greenapplebooks #poetryreading #anhvubuchanan

Anhvu Buchanan is the author of The Disordered (sunnyoutside press). He was the recipient of the James D. Phelan Award and received an Individual Artists Grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission. He currently teaches in San Francisco. Twitter: @anhvubuchanan. Website: www.anhvubuchanan.com.

New Poem in the newest issue of Parentheses Journal

Poetry | Anhvu Buchanan: The Way Out Is Clear | Bodega Magazine

New poem published today in the newest issue of Bodega Magazine. One of my favorite literary journals. Check it out!

#nationalpoetrymonth #bodegamagazine #poetry #poem #anhvubuchanan

I have a new poem for the late great Anthony Bourdain. Hope you check it out and get to eat Viet food soon! Maybe even support a local Vietnamese restaurant.

#anthonybourdain #poetry #thimblemagazine #lovepoem #tonybourdain

Ngoc Pham, an 83 year old Vietnamese man, was shopping for grocerie… Community Youth Center of San Francisco CYCSF needs your support for Ngoc Pham Fundraiser

This is one of the many recent attacks on the Asian community. If you are angry or want to do something about what’s happening right now in our country, please consider donating to this or the many others campaings going on right now. #stopasianhate

#stopasianhate

Reading today for the Jingletown Reading Series!! Zoom info on the picture. Here’s the facebook link with more details:

https://www.facebook.com/events/2686717378325533/

#poetry #poetry reading

I have a new poem out in the Hobart. Check it out it’s dedicated to the queen Sandra Oh!

#poetry #sandra oh #poems #poem #hobart #hobartpulp

Thank you RBG. One of my favorite times of the school year is reading I Dissent and seeing and hearing all my students being inspired by you and the life you led. You deserve all the rest.

#rbg #ruth bader ginsburg #notorious rbg #rip rbg

Hero of the Day: Naomi Osaka, 2020 US Open Champion. Black Lives Matter.

#naomi osaka #blacklivesmatter #saytheirnames

Sealey Challenge 2020

I finished the Sealey challenge. It was one of the most challenging and rewarding things I’ve ever done. Here’s my list of all the amazing poetry I read in August.

1. Soft Science by Franny Choi

2. There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce by Morgan Parker

3. Madness by Sam Sax

4. Delivered by Sarah Gambito

5. The New Testament by Jericho Brown

6. Afterland by Mai Der Vang

7. Last Psalm at Sea Level by Meg Day

8. Juvenilia by Ken Chen

9. Reenactments by Hai-Dang Phan

10. When I Grow Up I Want to Be A List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen

11. Library of Small Catastrophies by Alison C. Rollins

12. feeld by Jos Charles