Essays: “In 1981, Tita Nena Translates Whitman” by Asa Drake

Issue 6Essays
Written By Dorothy Chan
 




About Asa Drake

Asa Drake is a Filipina American poet and writer in Central Florida. She has received fellowships and awards from the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest, Tin House and Idyllwild Arts. Her chapbook, One Way to Listen, was selected by Taneum Bambrick as the winner of Gold Line Press’s 2021 Poetry Chapbook Contest. Her recent poems can be found in The American Poetry Review, Copper Nickel and Waxwing.
Twitter: @AsaLDrake
Instagram: @asaldrake

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