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  • 2023 ReLit Award Short-List: Dream of Me as Water

    Full short-list, here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxfctR_As4B/ Read more

  • Re-imagining Your Mythologies

    Whether you love to write with imagery, or would want to imbue more of it into your poems, this workshop will be guide you through discussions, close-readings, and a series of writing exercises an imagistic poem. While strongly imbuing your poem with images that speak to you, the other purpose of this workshop will be… Read more

  • Review: Queer Little Nightmares in Discorder Magazine

    Fred O. Beeby reviews Queer Little Nightmares for Discorder. This collection takes the form of a menagerie of oddities, creatures, and strange things which go bump in the night, but unlike a freak show of yore, here it is the monsters who run the show. So do yourself a favour — grab a copy of… Read more

  • Review: Dream of Me as Water in The Fiddlehead

    Amber McMillan reviews Dream of Me as Water for The Fiddlehead. David Ly’s latest poetry collection is an exacting, linguistic dreamscape…Dream of Me as Water is a current, referential collection that imagines the uncharted terrain of that which we suppress, hide or condemn, and pulls it up to the surface to behold. It’s a compelling spell,… Read more

  • Interview: Vallum Magazine

    Poet Jake Byrne interviewed David about his new book, Dream of Me as Water, in late 2022. Read more

  • LiterAsian 2023 Festival

    On May 6 & 7, I will be a part of two events for the 2023 run of LiterAsian, based in Vancouver, B.C. Click the links below to purchase your tickets: “How Do You Feel?” The Aesthetic and Rhythmic Kindness of Poetry Saturday May 6, 2023 Poets create magic when they shape their words from… Read more