Ivi Hua

(is glad you're here <3)

Ivi Hua (she/her) is an Asian-American writer, dreamer, & poet. She is the author of Body, Dissected (kith books, 2024). She co-founded Young Poets Workshops in 2022 & serves as co-director of the SUNHOUSE Mentorship. Ivi believes in the initiation of change through language & love beyond the bounds of sorrow. You can find her @livia.writes.stories on Instagram.

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Publications

I consider my poems as extensions of my heart. My heart is a proponent of the saying that "you must be cringe in order to be free." It is also eternally in favor of love in all of its forms.

Chapbook

• Body, Dissected (kith books 2024)

Select Poetry

• THEORY OF EVERYTHING — Muzzle Magazine

• Maelstrom — HAD

• SURVIVAL — Glass: A Journal of Poetry

• Memory: Nonlinear — The Dawn Review

• TRIAD — Bullshit Lit

• CONVERSATION WHERE YOU ARE HOLY — Voicemail Poems

• Colonia — Pulitzer Center

• INTERLUDE II — Dishsoap Quarterly

• WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER — Eucalyptus Lit

Select Prose / Prose Poems

• OFFSHOOT: 1 — Gone Lawn

• THINGS I WANT TO TELL YOU — Cobra Milk

Interviews

• Making Creative Writing Accessible for Young Poets — Writer's Digest

• Interview with Ivi Hua — Eucalyptus Lit

• Interview with Ivi Hua — Sophon Lit

About

Hello! My name is Ivi

pronounced "eye-vee" (like the ivy plant)

I am a firm believer in accessibility in creative writing education, the fact that every poem is a love poem, and the power of friendship. In 2022, I co-founded Young Poets Workshops, a creative writing community focused on providing all passionate young poets a place to thrive. I also serve as co-director of The SUNHOUSE Mentorship, where we offer 1:1 creative writing mentorship focused on young writers that are low-income and BIPOC.I write mostly poetry. It is mostly explicitly about love. I would talk more about it, but it might be more productive for you to read my work...to see some of my pieces, click the "Publications" button below. You can also read my work (including some very rough early pieces) on Instagram @livia.writes.storiesTo contact me, please email me at [email protected] (feel free to send me fun emails or ask for advice! bonus points for sending me a poem you like or a cute photo of a fish / little animal.)