Alvin Pang, PhD

Probably a poet. Evidently an editor. PhDed. Confluent. Some awards & readers; published in 20+ languages worldwide. RMIT Adj.Professor. #DublinLitAward judge.

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

You've got it the wrong way round,mister: I don't write so I can make a living. I make a living so I can write.

[Red River @redriverpress]

All That Is Left of the Sea: Selected Poems by @alfpang

https://t.co/NMfDFI8DR4

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

@bryancsk Or you can be someone who doesn't care to be invited to parties :)

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

@alfpang Follow Alvin Pang to discover more of his work. You can also purchase his latest book, All That Is Left of the Sea, published by Red River Press.

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

Today’s poem is selected by Alvin Pang (@alfpang) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

"For What Binds Us" appeared in Of Gravity and Angels by Jane Hirshfield, published by Wesleyan University Press, 1988. Shared here with deep gratitude.

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

@AdhiamboKE @DavidWanjiru Zero Sum mentality, sadly.

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

Congratulations @prAtajournal Coordinating Editor Gopika Jadeja for the release of her long-awaited volume of poetry: WHAT PARVATI DOES NOT SAY!

It's been two decades in the making---and may there be more to come soon!

https://t.co/QZ0WLcos83

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

Modi wants more Indians to speak Hindi, but some states are shouting ‘No’ | The Straits Times https://t.co/70GeP7F7Dm

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Three Poems by Alvin Pang — The Shanghai Literary Review 上海文藝評論 https://t.co/c4zsshQSlY

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

Thank you @reena99214749, @phizzical and Kanchan for all this!

kudos also to our stalwart publisher @redriverpress.

[reena @reena99214749]

Parvati and the Sea: Poets on Love & Loss 📚
Honoured to meet poets Gopika Jadeja & Alvin Pang. An evening of tender, powerful poetry on memory, longing & love—hosted beautifully by Kanchan Jadeja.
Published by Red River Press.
@phizzical
#PoetryReading #GopikaJadeja #AlvinPang

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“our sins would wash away in the nearest puddle / without the need for verse”

— Alvin Pang

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This poem appeared in WHAT HAPPENED: Poems 1997-2017 by Alvin Pang, published by Math Paper Press, 2017. Shared here with deep gratitude.

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

Ward incumbents safe;
serious newbies get heard; but
don't take us for fools.

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

@bryancsk Explains a lot :p

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

@JhoannaLynnCruz @abcdeguzman RIP

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

@mrbrown Shopkeepers will sometimes waive the $0.10 because the change is more bother to them. I've also asked them to wait while I go borrow/beg/find the change.

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

@mrbrown I'm gonna miss my lovely Skype number :'(

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

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[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

@sridala Many thanks!

[Alvin Pang, PhD @alfpang]

Hooray!

[Red River @redriverpress]

Happy Publication Day

All That Is Left of the Sea: Selected Poems by @alfpang

https://t.co/NMfDFI861w

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Open Call (Issue 5) — PR&TA https://t.co/AMVcezas7Q