Grace Shuyi Liew is a Malaysian American writer. In 2019, she published her debut poetry collection, Careen, with Noemi Press, and in 2022, she won the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. Concerning themes of nationhood; identities of race, class, and gender/sexuality; among others, her works of poetry, fiction, and criticism have appeared in the Kenyon Review, Electric Literature, Guernica, and other publications.
Early life
editLiew was born in and grew up in Malaysia and later moved to the United States for college.[1][2]
Career
editIn 2016, Liew released the chapbook Prop with Ahsahta Press after Kerri Webster had selected it for the 2015 Ahsahta Chapbook Award. The same year, she released Book of Interludes with Anomalous Press.[3]
In 2019, Liew released Careen, her debut collection of poetry published by Noemi Press.[4] The Rumpus hailed Liew's "entrancing voice, enormously creative language, and surprising infusion of offbeat humor", and the Adroit Journal lauded Liew's approach to facilitating discourse about identity that also interrogate systems and structures.[5][6] Bustle and several other publications recommended it on lists for LGBTQ poetry.[7][8] The same year, Liew was included in the 2019 Best of the Net anthology for her poem, "The Use of Lyricism", in the Kenyon Review.[9] One year later, in 2020, Liew was designated an Emerging Writer Fellow by the Center for Fiction.[10]
Liew's short story, "Make Yourself Into a House", was selected by Min Jin Lee for Selected Shorts' Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize in 2022.[11] It was one of Electric Literature's most read pieces that year.[12] The same year, Liew earned a MacDowell Fellowship for literature; there, she worked on a novel-in-progress about a fictional gambling city in Malaysia. In 2023, Liew was a writer-in-residence at Tin House.[13]
Writing
editLiew's writing in several genres have been published in numerous publications. Her fiction has appeared in Guernica, The Offing, Wigleaf, and others; her Wigleaf story, "Splinter", was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.[14][15][16] Her poetry has appeared in the Asian American Writers' Workshop's The Margins, Honey Literary, Banango Street, and others.[17][18][19] Her critical essays and interviews have appeared in the Kenyon Review, Waxwing, and Fanzine.[20][21][22]
References
edit- ^ "REVIEW and Q&A: Careen by Grace Shuyi Liew". Host Publications. 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Careening: An Interview with Grace Shuyi Liew". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Tian, Koh Xin (2016-05-01). "Interview with Grace Shuyi Liew, author of Prop". Ploughshares. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi (April 2, 2019). Careen. Noemi Press. ISBN 978-1934819784.
- ^ Denenberg, Risa (2019-10-25). "The Brink of Unbearable: Careen by Grace Shuyi Liew". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Spotswood, Phil (2019-07-03). ""An error in the weather": A Review of Grace Shuyi Liew's 'Careen' - The Adroit Journal". Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "26 New Poetry Collections By LGBTQIA+ Writers To Look Out For In 2019". Bustle. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Orlando, Christina (2019-04-15). "Queer Poetry Collections to Read During National Poetry Month". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "2019 Best of the Net Anthology". www.sundresspublications.com. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Meet Our 2020 Emerging Writer Fellows". The Center for Fiction. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Juarez, Alex (2022-06-06). "Love Is Not a Permanent Structure". Electric Literature. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "The Commuter's 10 Most Popular Issues of 2022". Electric Literature. 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Residents". Tin House. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi (2023-03-06). "Evidence". Guernica. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi (2021-11-18). "How Grief Works". The Offing. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi. "Splinter". wigleaf.com. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi (December 6, 2022). "Happen". The Margins.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi. "Two Poems". Honey Literary. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi. "In A Simplified Language, Tell Me About The Weight Of Sounds". Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi. "Chloe Garcia Roberts's The Reveal". The Kenyon Review. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi. "The Holes and Cyborgs in Sun Yung Shin's Unbearable Splendor". waxwingmag.org. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Liew, Grace Shuyi. "Pink Museum: An Interview with Caroline Crew". Retrieved 2024-11-22.