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Travis Lau [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Columbus, OH
Ohio US
Email: 
travischilau@gmail.com
Bio: 

Travis Chi Wing Lau (he/him/his) is Assistant Professor of English at Kenyon College. His research and teaching focus on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature and culture, health humanities, and disability studies. Alongside his scholarship, Lau frequently writes for venues of public scholarship like Synapsis: A Journal of Health Humanities, Public Books, Lapham’s Quarterly, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. His poetry has appeared in Wordgathering, Glass, South Carolina Review, Foglifter, and Hypertext, as well as in two chapbooks, The Bone Setter (Damaged Goods Press, 2019) and Paring (Finishing Line Press, 2020). [travisclau.com]

Gives readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Twitter/X: 
@travisclau
Born in: 
Hong Kong
Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Raised in: 
Marietta, GA
Georgia
Website: 
https://travisclau.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Christopher Hewitt Award for Poetry, A&U Magazine, 2019

Identifies as: 
BIPOC
Prefers to work with: 
Disability
Illness/Wellness
LGBTQ
Mental Health
Teachers

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/travis_lau [2] https://travisclau.com