Rampant

by Nancy Lynée Woo

Nancy Lynee Woo's first chapbook of poetry, Rampant, performs an exploration of cultural identity, the nature of love, and the anxiety of existence in a range of poetic forms.

28 pages, Paperback

Published October 21, 2016

About the author

Nancy Lynée Woo is an eco-centric poet based in southern California who harbors a wild love for the natural world. She has released a full-length poetry book entitled I’d Rather Be Lightning from Gasher Press, as well as two chapbooks. Her poems have appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Radar Poetry, Stirring, West Trade Review, Cathexis Northwest Press, and others. Nancy has received fellowships from PEN America Emerging Voices, California Creative Corps, Artists at Work, Arts Council for Long Beach, Plympton Writing Downtown Las Vegas, and Idyllwild Writers Week. Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She has an MFA from Antioch University and a BA in sociology and environmental studies from UC Santa Cruz. She is the creator of the community-based poetry space Surprise the Line and believes in the power of the arts to bring people together. She currently serves as the Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate Fellow, supporting and mentoring a cohort of talented teen poets. You can find her online at nancylyneewoo.com and on social media @fancifulnance.