“Spooks’” is a beautiful book of enduring images and masterful storytelling." — Hanif Abdurraqib

P&T Knitwear welcomes Stella Wong to read from and discuss Spooks, her debut book of poems. With Spooks, Wong playfully subverts and willfully challenges any notions we might have about Asian Americanness and its niceties. Wong will be joined by Izzy Casey.

“Stella Wong wields the kind of weaponry I live to be slain by. Funny as hell, delightfully strange, and full of a sneaky and giant heart, this book will knock the windows of your heart not just open, but out the frame, once you see how far Wong can dive into fear and the terrible possibles of humanness can still carry back something like hope, gooder than joy.” — Danez Smith, author of Homie

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This is a free in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating

All guests must be vaccinated to attend and must provide proof of vaccination in order to enter the event. We request all guests wear masks.

The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship to most places!

About the poets

Stella Wong is the author of Spooks, winner of the Saturnalia Books Editors Prize, and American Zero, selected for the Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize by Danez Smith. A graduate of Harvard and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Wong’s poems have appeared in Poetry, Colorado Review, Lana Turner, Bennington Review, the LA Review of Books, and more.

Izzy Casey’s poems are published in the Yale Review, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts, Black Warrior Review, Bennington Review, BOAAT, The Columbia Review, NY Tyrant, Bat City Review, The Volta, and more. She received her MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was the recipient of a fellowship with the Poetry Foundation.

Time: 7:00 PM — 8:00 PM EDT

Free!

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