Garrett Hongo

To introduce my new book Ocean of Clouds: Poems, I'll be appearing along the West Coast and in Georgia this fall. Here is a listing of the events. October 15, 6:

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