Garrett Hongo

The title poem of my new collection appeared in The New Yorker on June 2, 2025. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/an-ocean-of-clouds-garrett-hongo-poem I sing for clouds, constant rains, a fern

My latest poem in The New Yorker is a lament for the erosion of opportunities for solitude and quietism in contemporary life and a wish for their restoration while meditating on the seascape

Japanese American poet Garrett Hongo is a guiding spirit to a glorious cacophony, an exuberant collective thrum made of different tongues and peoples. His poetry embodies the country’s impurity, its multiplicity of

“Litter for the Taking”“My dream life started in L.A.’s concrete world.”The New YorkerCondé Nast

For Poets Robin Coste Lewis and Garrett Hongo, Language Is a Musical InstrumentTo close out National Poetry Month, Robin Coste Lewis and Garrett Hongo mused about their new books and the places and