ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN: INCLUDING ALLIES
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Join us to celebrate Hongwei's stunning new collection!
- The workshop will begin with Hongwei reading some poems from his new book 'Self Portrait as a Banana'
- This will be followed by an interview with Hongwei hosted by the inimitable PJ Samuels.
- There is an opportunity for us to be creative as we respond to some writing prompts based on Hongwei's poems.
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Due for release on 27th September: Pre-order Hongwei's book here: Self Portrait as a Banana by Hongwei Bao
SELF PORTRAIT AS A BANANA
"Hongwei Bao's latest collection, Self-Portrait as a Banana, is a candid exploration of his queer, diasporic, East Asian identity and cross-cultural relationships. Appropriating, subverting and queering cultural tropes like the banana, rice and beckoning cat, and identities such as queerness and Chineseness, this is a powerful journey. A bold, humorous and refreshing celebration of queer desire, identity and cultural differences."
www.poeticedgepublishers.com
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Author bio:
Hongwei Bao (he/him) is a Nottingham-based queer Chinese writer, translator and academic. He is part of the Fifth Word Playwrights, GOBS Spoken Word Collective and Nottingham Playhouse Writers' Room. He is also a Middle Way Mentee for writing fiction and a New Earth Theatre theatremaker. His work explores queer desire, Asian identity, diasporic positionality and transcultural intimacy. Hongwei is the author of Dream of the Orchid Pavilion (poetry pamphlet, Big White Shed, 2024), The Passion of the Rabbit God (poetry collection, Valley Press, 2024), Queering the Asian Diaspora (nonfiction, Sage, 2024) and Self-Portrait as a Banana (Poetic Edge, 2025).
Instagram: @patrickbao123
