On Forgetting a Language

by Isabella Wang

At 19, Isabella Wang is a two-time finalist and the youngest writer short-listed for The New Quarterly’s Edna Staebler Essay Contest, and she holds a Pushcart Prize nomination for poetry. Her poetry and prose have appeared in over twenty literary journals, including Contemporary Verse 2, GEEZ Magazine, Canthius, Looseleaf Magazine, Plenitude, The /tEmz/ Review, and carte blanche. She is pursuing a double major in English and World Literature at Simon Fraser University. As well, she is as an assistant editor with Room magazine, serving as the Youth Advocate for the Federation of BC Writers, and co-ordinating the bi-weekly Dead Poets Reading Series with the Vancouver Public Library. This is her debut poetry chapbook.

36 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2019

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wanted to find a quiet time to finish reading On Forgetting a Language, and chose New Year's day. Isabella Wang's speakers' voices are so gentle, observant, thoughtful; her lines rip open soft and hard lines between bodies and its environments, leaving you with gifts of wearable fabric. Baseline Press has done such a beautiful job of design, it feels like I am touching poetry quilt.

Very much looking forward to reading Wang's future work. :)

[Leah VanDyk]

Isabella is a shining star in the up-and-coming literary community. READ THIS!!