poet, writer, author of 👁 OCULUS 🔮(@GraywolfPress) and 🐝MAD HONEY SYMPOSIUM🍯(@AliceJamesBooks) 2016 cullman fellow @nypl, 2021 shearing fellow @BlackMtnInst
Jan 3, 2019 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
Today is Anna May Wong's 114th birthday. My book OCULUS, which celebrates her, comes out in 12 days. I want to take a moment to celebrate this queen and her legacy...She was born on January 3rd, 1905, in Los Angeles. A true Capricorn.
She starred in the Toll of the Sea at the age of 17, a retelling of the Madame Butterfly story. It was one of the first Technicolor feature films in Hollywood.