Valerie Hsiung

Valerie Hsiung is a poet and writer whose work blends poetry, prose, performance, and philosophy. Her eight full-length books include The Naif from Ugly Duckling Presse. She teaches writing at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. Her writing has appeared in outlets including Chicago Review, The Georgia Review, and The Nation. Born to Chinese-Taiwanese immigrants in Cincinnati, Ohio, she now lives in the foothills of Colorado.