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Stephanie Niu @niusteph
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Stephanie Niu@niusteph
14 Jan 2025
My debut full-length poetry collection, I WOULD DEFINE THE SUN (@VanderbiltUP) is available for preorder today. 💛 This book is the product of seven years of writing, revising, & rejection, & a lifetime dream of becoming an author when I grow up. vanderbiltuniversitypress.co…
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Host Publications@hostpublication
7 Mar 2025
We're honored to publish Summer Farah next Spring! World, get ready 🥰!!!
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A poem from my new book, I Would Define the Sun (@VanderbiltUP), is up at @lithub today! Thank you for the feature ☀️ lithub.com/information-worke…

“Information Worker at the End of the World,” a Poem by Stephanie Niu

When the ship to Mars has already departed, and my wealthiest friends have plots in New Zealand for their children, or have no children, what box do I put my treasure in? I have one waterproof bag …

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21 Feb 2025
“Every month, money drips / into my retirement account. You think the world / will still be around when you’re sixty-five?” Read “Information Worker at the End of the World,” a poem by @niusteph from the collection I Would Define the Sun.lithub.com/information-worke…
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It's pub day for I Would Define the Sun! Being an author has been a dream for as long as I can remember (and definitely since third grade, when I put my name on a book for the first time in Mrs. Follensbee’s class). I hope you enjoy. ☀️
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Order from @VanderbiltUP vanderbiltuniversitypress.co…

I Would Define the Sun – Vanderbilt University Press

Finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, 2026Stephanie Niu’s I Would Define the Sun, awarded the 2024 Vanderbilt University Literary Prize, is a collec...

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Preorders signed & coming to a mailbox near you (& some extras are available at @yuandmebooks !). PUB DAY IS ONE WEEK AWAY AHHHH vanderbiltuniversitypress.co…
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new year, new author website 🥳 featuring some new author portraits by the incredible Nicholas Nichols (@MaruneBoy), and an events page with my 2025 reading schedule. (p.s. who is coming to AWP? 👀) stephanieniu.com/
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14 Jan 2025
Happy book birthday and launch to “THE PARACHUTIST”! …🎉
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My debut full-length poetry collection, I WOULD DEFINE THE SUN (@VanderbiltUP) is available for preorder today. 💛 This book is the product of seven years of writing, revising, & rejection, & a lifetime dream of becoming an author when I grow up. vanderbiltuniversitypress.co…
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☀️Reviewers & bookseller: I have ARCs available! DM me if you’d like an advance copy of the book to review. ☀️Poet friends: let’s read together! I’d love to bring IWDtS to some in-person events; let me know if you have ideas.
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& to those who were part of this book’s journey- who saw early drafts, who provided comfort or feedback, who listened to and supported my dream- thank you, with everything I have.
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Writers Against the War on Gaza@wawog_now
21 Dec 2024
BREAKING: Unionized @amazonlabor workers at Staten Island’s JFK8 warehouse have walked out, joining thousands of @Teamsters in a national strike. Until Amazon comes to the table, workers will flex their collective power, bringing operations to a halt during peak season.
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Stephanie Niu@niusteph
27 Nov 2024
I'm hosting an in-person poetry workshop next Saturday in NYC on bodily autonomy across poetry, law , & tech. All proceeds support @callisto 's work to support sexual violence survivors. Let's gather & turn toward what hope remains. tinyurl.com/formlessworkshop
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I'm hosting an in-person poetry workshop next Saturday in NYC on bodily autonomy across poetry, law , & tech. All proceeds support @callisto 's work to support sexual violence survivors. Let's gather & turn toward what hope remains. tinyurl.com/formlessworkshop
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Full event description here. Saturday, December 7th, 1-3pm in Lower Manhattan. All proceeds and donations to Callisto will be matched up to $1k.
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my poem "Returning to the Village" is featured today in @Poetry_Daily !
Host Publications@hostpublication
26 Nov 2024
🌊 Today's featured poem on @poetrydaily is "Returning to the VIllage" by Host Publications poet Stephanie Niu! poems.com/poem/returning-to-…
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my first piece of published fiction! honored to have my flash story, "The Winter Swimmer," in @SmokeLong 💙 smokelong.com/stories/the-wi…

The Winter Swimmer - SmokeLong Quarterly

Every morning Liu goes to the wharf to swim. Wearing swim trunks under his work coat and toting a jerry can of fresh water for rinsing off afterward, he takes the bus south. It is October; the high...

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SmokeLong Quarterly@SmokeLong
13 Nov 2024
This week's featured author is Stephanie Niu @niusteph. Read her interview with @amybookwhisper1 here: smokelong.com/interviews/smo… and her story, "The Winter Swimmer", with audio of Stephanie reading here: smokelong.com/stories/the-wi…
Image of Stephanie Niu with quotation from the linked interview

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& belatedly, such a joy to read at @PoetrySocietyNY's NYC Poetry Festival alongside Arden Levine, @queershoulders , and @garciajoshxa this month. grateful for the words of my fellow readers, for the @nodearmagazine community, and for this event celebrating poetry in the sun 🌻💛
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