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Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yan Sham-Shackleton Writer, poet, ceramicist
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Poetry
Yan Sham-Shackleton Eggs
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Yan is working on her poetry collection: My Lover and I Bicker about Eggs.

Commentary
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Until the passing of the National Security Law, Yan was a columnist for the Nobel Peace Prize nominated Hong Kong Free Press.

Fiction
Yan Sham-Shackleton
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Yan’s fiction has appeared in literary magazines and anthologies internationally.

Updates

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New Publication: Altadena Review 2026. Out Now!

New poetry film in three festivals!

I Never Thought of Phoenixes Poem

Headline Reading with Jessie Tovar, @ Cafe Con Libros Press.

Yan Sham-Shackleton Reading

Online Readings

Celebrasian Yellow's Reading for Asian American Month Yan Sham-Shackleton
Yan Sham-Shackleton Reading

Fundraiser for California Poets in Schools.

Saturday Afternoon Poets Reading. Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yummi Hussi is quoted in an academic paper

A zine that Yan co-edited with Katrina Jensen in the 90s was recently quoted in “Life Lessons: Experiences of Gender Studies in Zines in the 1990s and 2000s” published in Comparative American Studies An International Journal (February 2024)

Chicago Quarterly Review

“Blossom” a short story about a girl facing emigration to America appeared in the Chicago Quarterly Review.