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Sally Wen Mao is the author of Mad Honey Symposium (Alice James Books, 2014), the winner of the 2012 Kinereth Gensler Award. Her work has been anthologized in The Best American Poetry 2013 and the Pushcart Prize Anthology. She has a forthcoming book, Oculus, out from Graywolf Press in 2019.

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Average rating: 4.05 · 2,136 ratings · 361 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Oculus: Poems 4.17 avg rating — 838 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ninetails: Nine Tales 3.69 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Know What's Best for You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom by Shelly Oria (Editor), Tommy Orange (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), R.O. Kwon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Honey Symposium 4.14 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kingdom of Surfaces: Poems 4.02 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pear Noir! (#3) by Daniel Casebeer (Editor), Lily Hoang, Rich Ives 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kenyon Review, Mar/Apr 2020 by Kenyon Review, Heid E. Erdrich (Goodreads Author), Linda Gregerson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indiana Review 41.2 by Caroline K. Fulford, Sally Wen Mao (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kingdom of Surfaces: Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Mad Honey Symposium] [By: Wen Mao, Sally] [May, 2014] by Sally Wen Mao (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Sally Wen Mao (?)

“If I could do girlhood again, I’d ask to be scarier. Less whimpering—more pyromaniac urges, more flirting with kerosene.”
― Sally Wen Mao, Mad Honey Symposium

tags: mad-honey-symposium, poetry, poetry-quotes

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“Every day I try to fight my own
brokenness. But once you are forgotten,
it's not so bad: a heart broken
joins another chorus.”
― Sally Wen Mao, Oculus: Poems

tags: brokenness, forgottenness, heartbreak, life, poem, poetry

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“But dear universe: if I can recognize
her face under this tunnel of endless shadows
against the luminance of all that is extinct
and oncoming, then I am not a stranger here.”
― Sally Wen Mao, Oculus: Poems

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