Rita Wong
Rita Wong (born 1968) is a Canadian poet.
Biography
Wong grew up in Calgary, Alberta and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the author of two books of poetry, monkeypuzzle and forage. Her work investigates the relationships between social justice, ecology, decolonization, and contemporary poetics. Wong is an assistant professor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, teaching Critical and Cultural Studies. She has another course in development, Cultivating Ecological, Cross-Cultural, and Interdisciplinary Contemplations of Water. She is also a visiting instructor at the University of Miami.
Education
Wong graduated with a BA (Hons) in 1990 from the University of Calgary. She received master's degrees in 1992 from the University of Alberta and in 1996 from the University of British Columbia. In 2003 she received her PhD from Simon Fraser University.
Published works
monkeypuzzle
Wong's first poetry collection, monkeypuzzle, was published by Press Gang in 1998. Reviewer Sook C. Kong in Herizons called it "a huge achievement." Mark Libin for Canadian Literature agreed that the collection "does indeed, as the book jacket declares, announce a promising new voice in Canadian literature." Wong's poems in the volume address her identity as a bisexual Asian woman.
Podcasts:
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by Rudenko
Everybody
by: RudenkoYou-uh-uh-uh don't know-o-o and i-i-i don care
So so so, so hard-hard-hard I know-oh-oh, its not fair
Get with me, i'll change it up like no one has before
Knock it down i'll pick it up, put you on the floor
Oh, your love, is cool, but don't you know
Everbody's doin' it, (ah ah ah ah)
You can feel it in the air
Everbody's doin' it, (ah ah ah ah)
You can feel it in the air
Everybody
(get freaky, everybody's doin' it)
You-oh-oh come up up up my street-et-et and be scared
No-o-o one here-ere-ere with like-ike-ike your hair
Just stay here, ill tare it up, like no one has before
Just like that, play it rough, I got you on the floor
Oh my heart, don't feel so bad, cause ..
Everbody's doin' it, (ah ah ah ah)
You can feel it in the air
Everbody's doin' it (ah ah ah ah)
You can feel it in the air
Everybody
(you-oo-oo dont know-o-o and i-i-i don't care)
Say it now
You-oo-oo dont know-o-o and i-i-i dont care
Everybody
Everybody
(Watch out!)
Everbody's doin' it (ah ah ah ah)
You can feel it in the air
Everbody's doin' it (ah ah ah ah)
You can feel it in the air
Everybody
(get down!)
Everbody's doin' it (ah ah ah ah)
You can feel it in the air
Everbody's doin' it (ah ah ah ah)
You can feel it in the air