I’m thrilled to be in conversation with Monica Ong, whose work I’ve long adored, in support of her new book Planetaria at New Dominion Books in Charlottesville, VA. (First local non-UVA event!)

About the Book: Rewriting the sky from a female perspective, Ong invites readers into the intimate cosmology of Planetaria, utilizing the visual language of astronomy to explore the precarious territories of motherhood, women in science, and diaspora identity. This poetry collection examines the power struggles that myth-making elicits through the alchemy of text and image hybrids.

With a foreword by poet and art critic John Yau, these poems move through constellations, across ancestral skies, turning wide-eyed insomnia into nocturnes in search of home. This unique collection includes gallery views of the poems as installations, fine press, and interactive works, giving full expression to Ong’s interdisciplinary practice of visual poetry. If poetry and astronomy were to throw an art party, this one welcomes audiences across disciplines and cultures to imagine new cosmographies where everyone belongs.

To order Planetaria, please see below for the New Dominion Bookshop book order form or call the shop at 434-295-2552.

For more details, visit New Dominion’s event page.