Jee Leong Koh & Ada Limón January 28, 2008

Born in Singapore, Jee Leong Koh read English at Oxford University and completed his Creative Writing MFA at Sarah Lawrence College. His poems have appeared in Singaporean anthologies, and in American and British journals such as Crab Orchard Review, Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, The Ledge Magazine, and Mimesis. His poem “Brother” has been selected by Natasha Trethewey for the Best New Poets Anthology 2007, to be published by the University of Virginia Press. He published his chapbook Payday Loans in April 2007. Of the chapbook, Marie Howe says, “Smart, irreverent, often unnerving, these sonnets smirk, smile, argue and bless.” In 2006 the Singaporean government banned the reading of one of these sonnets, because “it promotes the homosexual lifestyle.” The ban makes Jee Leong Koh out to be more dangerous than he really is. Ada Limón, a graduate of the Creative Writing Program at NYU, has received fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and NYFA. She is the author of two books of poetry, lucky wreck and This Big Fake World.
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