Publicity/Interviews
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Interview with Brian Sonia-Wallace
ask the writer
An interview with Jen Knox at Unleash Lit.
Meet Nancy Woo
We were lucky to catch up with Nancy Woo recently and have shared our conversation below.
10 AAPI Poets to Read This Year
By Kelsey Bryan-Zwick
The Poetry Lab
“Climate Change and Eco-poetry”
Blog Review of I’d Rather Be Lightning Book Launch, by Carol Kearns
long beach post: Things to do in Long Beach this weekend including…
I’d Rather Be Lightning book launch was featured in the Long Beach Posts’s list of Things to Do This Weekend.
Random Happening: Angels Gate Cultural Center Hosts Its Open Studios Day
“Artists At Work features a review of AAW fellows Taylor Griffith and Nancy Lynée Woo’s community engagement practice during their resident year.”
Sweet Connections: Nancy Woo
“Several times a month we connect with our contributors showing where they have been, where they are now, and what’s up for the future.”
AGCC’s ‘Artists At Work Initiative’ Provides Year-long Residencies
“AGCC will host artists Nancy Woo and Taylor Griffith for year-long artist residencies, and work with AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles and Strength Based Community Change or SBCC as its social impact partners.”
Meet Nancy Lynée Woo: Poet & Writer
SHOUTOUT LA INTERVIEW
“We had the good fortune of connecting with Nancy Lynée Woo and we’ve shared our conversation below.”
Interview with The Shore, Issue 11
The Shore Interview #21: Questions by Taylor N. Schaefer, Interview Editor
PostScript Interview
with West Trade Review
“Poet Nancy Lynée Woo speaks with Editor Ken Harmon in this episode of West Trade Review's PostScript Interview Series. Nancy's poems have been published online in West Trade Review's Winter 2020 issue and the Spring 2021 print edition.”
Go Make Something:
Arts LB Interview
with Jose Angel Castro
“Despite (or because of) the fear and isolation of this past year of pandemic, I have worked through many challenges to become more grounded, clear and creatively open. I feel I am more strongly aligned with my personal values, and I have stepped into a more expansive state of global consciousness...”
The Poetry Saloncast Interview: “Living Your Creative Mission”
"Do writers have a duty to share their work? In this interview Nancy Lynee Woo discusses what it’s like to come out of an Emerging Writers Fellowship, to wrestle with the pressure to become a ‘literary celebrity,”’and the difference between trying to get published by a journal, vs. sharing art more freely on social media and personal platforms.”
Contributor Spotlight:
Interview
Rappahannock Review Poetry Editors: “In ‘Somewhere in Montana, Maybe,’ there’s a really interesting tension between the very regular organization of the poem into couplets and sections but then the way the sentences and ideas spill over with relentless surprise. How did you arrive at the structural choices of the poem?”
Open Conversations | Arts Council for Long Beach
Zoom Interview, 2020
Five Teacher Poets Share Their Favorite Writing Prompts for Children
“Poetry can provide an outlet for kids to express themselves in unique ways. Five seasoned Los Angeles poet teachers present their favorite poetry exercises for children.”
Books to read, suggested by people who actually read books
My reading recommendation: The Color Master, by Aimee Bender.
EYE ON ART: Creations In The Library
“‘Between the Divide,’ the new Billie Jean King Main Library’s inaugural art installation, presents the work of the Arts Council for Long Beach’s 2019 Professional Artist Fellows and Percent for Arts Fellows.
The fellowships recognize Long Beach artists who live, work or actively create in Long Beach. The 2019 Fellows are Eric Almanza, Sandow Birk, Virginia Broersma, Diana Burbano, Jorge Mujica, Brittany Ransom and Nancy Woo.
Poet Nancy Woo’s work is displayed on broadsides (large posters) throughout the exhibit, helping to relate the written word to visual arts and the show pieces to each other. Woo says she ‘embraces poetry as mysticism, the splendor of things unseen, the comfort of ritual, the attention to life moving in surprising ways.’”
Virtual Tour | “Between the Divide”
The Arts Council for Long Beach presents a virtual tour of the “Between the Divide” exhibit, which was displayed at the Billie Jean King Main Library in Long Beach, California in 2019.
Women Entrepreneurs Gain Traction In Coworking Spaces
“Nancy Woo has been a freelance writer for the past eight years. She created Imaginaria Visionary Services last November to provide what she calls ‘visionary consulting’ for those seeking to bring their creative ideas to life. Ironfire provides a coworking space for Woo to offer Imaginaria’s services, which include coaching, organizational development and marketing consulting.”
PODCAST: Walking Long Beach, loving Downtown, not hating Nancy Woo
“On Episode #11 of ‘CAN YOU HEAR ME, LONG BEACH?’ the rather wonderful, very funny Nancy Lynee Woo dropped by to talk about her Lucky Seven Performance Roulette event at DiPiazza’s on August 15 and stuck around to talk poetry.”
Long Beach’s grassroots poetry and literary scene is underground no more
“'‘We’re not really expanding the scene, the scene is already there,’ said Woo, a writing teacher who co-hosts Poetry on the Rocks quarterly at DiPiazza.
Read-ins, poetry slams, self-published booklets called chapbooks and locally produced websites, books and journals have blossomed out of a growing creative community in the city, said Sarah Thursday, who founded Sadie Girl Press four years ago.”
Nancy Lynee Woo is an Incorrigible Optimist and that’s a Good Thing
Photo by Antonio Ruiz
“Nancy Lynee Woo is a freelance writer, editor, and creative consultant, and organizer of creative events including community writing workshops and poetry series. She is also an incorrigible optimist and is not shy about admitting it and for good reason.
‘I cannot help but try and see the best in everything and I have to believe that things are getting better.’
Woo calls it a conscious choice in her life so she can move forward.”
Photo by Heidi Miller
Meet Trailblazer Nancy Lynée Woo
“I wrote my first poem when I was eight years old, but it wasn’t until I was about 22 that I realized “poet” was a real-life, flesh-and-blood type of person that still currently exists in today’s society. Now, I have joined their ranks. And it seems like every corner I turn, I bump into some poet or other (if you know where to look, they’re everywhere!). In fact, I plead guilty to helping more of them onto the page and the stage as a workshop leader, community organizer, and creative producer.”
Photo by Izzie Hancock
LB Art Theatre and organization orchestrate city’s first annual queer arts festival
"Russo worked with poet Nancy Woo in order to make his vision a reality…
Woo helped Russo create the organization’s website, develop its Facebook page and reach out to media."
First “How I MADE It” of 2018 Kicks Off With a Literary Theme
"A poet, freelance writer, editor, blogger and community organizer, Woo will speak about founding the Long Beach Literary Arts Society. Woo currently manages and is the founder of Lucid Moose Lit, a literary press focused on social justice and was selected as a PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellow in 2015."
Photo by Vanessa Brintup
Writers Group Kicks Off Inaugural Meeting
"The Long Beach Literary Arts Center (LBLAC) held its first writer’s mixer at the Ruth Bach Neighborhood Library on Saturday.
The fledgling organization aspires to connect readers and writers throughout Long Beach. About 10 writers attended the debut event for a welcoming and somewhat intimate social session."
A new program will begin for writers throughout the community
"The new Long Beach Literary Arts Center (LBLAC) will be a place for writers to learn how to pursue their literary passion.
Desiree Kannel, Rachael Rifkin and Nancy Lynee Woo are the founders and minds behind the center’s development."
Photo by Jordan Daniels
Inspiring awareness ‘Like a Girl’
"Founded by social activists Nancy Woo and Sarah Thursday, the mission of LML is to inspire conversation through literature about social topics while promoting diversity and literacy.
Woo said that the name Lucid Moose came to her in a dream and represents being 'conscious and aware with gentle strength and compassion.'
New Local Literary Press Focuses on Poverty, Other Social Issues
"One year ago, a new independent literary press in Long Beach was just an idea in the minds of Nancy Lynée Woo and Sarah Thursday.
Woo said the idea for Lucid Moose was conceptualized after she saw a vibrant grassroots community and poetry community within Long Beach."
Photo by Robbie Brown
Photo by Richard Guzman
Long Beach poets launch literary press Lucid Moose Lit to explore social issues
"Shortly after deciding to seriously explore her love of poetry by attending workshops and readings, 26-year-old Nancy Lynee Woo made another decision about her evolving passion.
She was returning to her home in Long Beach from a reading in L.A. in November 2013 when she started thinking about combining the art that she loves with the social activism that drives her.”