Kenji Liu

Kenji Liu’s poetry chapbook You Left Without Your Shoes (Finishing Line Press, 2009) was nominated for a 2009 California Book Award. His work has appeared in Tea Party magazine, Kartika Review, and the anthology Flick of My Tongue (Kearny Street Workshop Press, 2009). He has received a Pushcart nomination and is the interim poetry editor at Kartika Review. Kenji directs Oakland Word, a program of the Oakland Public Library that offers free creative writing classes to the public. He is also a graphic designer and illustrator. View his portfolio at http://kenjiliu.carbonmade.com/ .