About Stephanie Sy-Quia
Stephanie Sy-Quia is a writer, teacher, and printmaker. She was born in 1995 in California and currently lives in London. Her debut, Amnion, was published by Granta Poetry in 2021. Her writing has appeared in the FT Weekend, the TLS, the Economist, the Guardian, and TANK. She is a Ledbury Poetry Critic. In 2023, she guest curated Ledbury Poetry Festival.
Summary
In this episode, we delve into Stephanie's debut book Amnion, mixed identities, embodied writing, family histories, ambient language, the power of language and resistance against translation, gender, classism and racism, education and privilege, girlhood in boarding school, liberation through writing and relationships as a mixed person, self-exoticisation and fetishization, Philippine history, and the amniotic borders and boundaries we must all cross toward self-empowerment, wisdom and liberation, among other topics.
References
Amnion by Stephanie Sy-Quia (Granta Poetry)
Ambient Language by Stephanie Sy-Quia
Follow Stephanie:
IG: @c_est_qui77
X: @snsyquia
Credits
PC: Image by Alex Sy-Quia
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