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Anna Maria Hong is a full-time Associate Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College, with cross-disciplinary affiliations to the Creative Writing Advisory Board at Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism journal. She holds an M.F.A. from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. from Yale University.
- Education
- M.F.A., Michener Center for Writers, University of Texas at Austin
- B.A., Yale University
Hong specializes in fiction writing, poetry, and hybrid-genre works, with a focus on contemporary literature by Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and BIPOC authors. Her research explores feminist fabulist fiction, literary form, and the adaptation of trauma narratives into multimedia projects. She is currently collaborating with composer Allen Shawn and director Jean Randich on a theatrical adaptation of her novella H & G.
Her publications demonstrate expertise in sonnet innovation, Korean diasporic themes, and experimental poetics. Awards include the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award, the Amy Clampitt Residency, and a Hawthornden Foundation fellowship.
- Scientific Awards
- Bunting Fellowship at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- Poetry magazine’s Frederick Bock Prize
- Amy Clampitt Poet Residency (2026)
- Hawthornden Foundation fellowship (2024)
- Residencies at Yaddo, Djerassi, Fundación Valparaiso, and Kunstnarhuset Messen
Hong has secured grants including the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Fellowship for “Korean American Feminist Writing, Animal Tales, and Family History.” She has taught at multiple institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania, Bennington College, Ursinus College, and the University of Washington Bothell.
