April Yee
April Yee is a National Book Critics Circle Emerging Critics Fellow and the University of East Anglia’s Malcolm Bradbury Memorial Scholar. She reported in more than a dozen countries before moving to the UK, where she serves on University of the Arts London’s Refugee Journalism Project and tweets at @aprilyee.
Reading List
Motherhood
They come for candy floss fluffing from foiled waterpipes—humans in suits and helmets, like they’re astronauts & I’m the moon, wombing my room with plastic and a sign: hazmat. A sweet name, skipping. Dinnertime! The men take the fluff, the sign, & Hazmat off in their truck pregnant with incident control. I forget to swallow […]
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Language, Connection, and Motherhood: A Conversation with April Yee
April Yee, the poet behind “Motherhood,” featured in the Spring 2022 issue of Shenandoah, offers her unique insight on womanhood and poetry. In a conversation with Shenandoah intern Susannah Birle, April talks about the importance of language, her work as a journalist, and her own experience as a mother. Check out her poem, “Motherhood,” […]