Grace Wing-Yuan Toy Poet and Writer

About Me

	Grace Wing-Yuan Toy Marlboro Member since: Jul, 2009 Last login: 07/03/2009 Last update : 07/03/2009 Contact Me
photo credit: Jerry Lee

I am a Chinese American poet and writer. I received my B.A. in English from Rutgers University (1994). My poems have been published in dIS*orient, and printed as a winning limited edition broadside by the Center for Book Arts. My residencies include Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Centrum Creative Arts and Education, and Atlantic Center for the Arts. I am currently based in the New York metropolitan area.

Grace & Justice, "The Beloved Community", Family, America, China, Chinese Diaspora, Chinese/Asian America, Speech/Language, Philosophy, Psychology, Literature (esp. by other writers of color), TV, Film, Theater, Travel, Architecture, Photography, Painting, Sculpture, Conceptual Performance Art, Installation Art, Politics, Genealogy, Chinese & Japanese food, SF Bay Area, Civil Rights Movement, Fair & Organic Trade, Complementary/Alternative Medicine, Dance, Live Music, Radio, NYC (esp. Manhattan & Brooklyn), Poetry, Libraries, Bookstores, Internet, Conceptual Art, Jewish American Studies, African American Studies, Edward Hopper, Leland Wong, Arlan Huang, Environmental justice, Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando, Chinese, Japanese & Scandinavian design, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Last.fm, Flickr.com, Paperbackswap.com, Swapacd.com, Swapadvd.com, Bookmooch.com, James Turrell, Lee Mingwei, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tina Midotti, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, et. al.

The Bible, Child of the Owl, The Chronicles of Narnia, Songs For Jadina, Death of a Salesman, The Glass Menagerie, The Prodigal God: Christianity Redefined Through the Parable of the Prodigal Sons, Aiiieeeee!: An Anthology of Asian-American Writers, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, Breaking Silence: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Poets, Eat a Bowl of Tea, et. al.

The Bible, Laurence Yep, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Robert Creeley, Anne Frank, C.S. Lewis, Garrett Hongo, Li-Young Lee, David Mura, Maxine Hong Kingston, Lucille Clifton, Alan Chong Lau, Eric Chock, Wing Tek Lum, Nellie Wong, Lawson Inada, Allen Ginsberg, William Carlos Williams, Lucille Clifton, Letta Neely, et. al.

1,001 Things They Won't Tell You: An Insider's Guide to Getting the Most Bang for Your Buck, Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream, The Scandinavian Cookbook, and Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France

Undergraduate College/University	Rutgers College-Rutgers University, class of 1994
Undergraduate Area of Study	English
High School	Freehold High School, class of 1990
Academic Credentials	B.A.

Academy of American Poets, The Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW) Member, PEN America Center Member, Poetry Society of America (PSA), Asian American Arts Alliance