Bellingham Review Contributor
Hungry and haunting, Sam X Wong writes poems. Originally an island girl from Penang, Malaysia, she currently resides in Bellingham, WA where she is earning her MFA degree in Creative Writing. Her chapbook hyperphagia was a finalist for the Jubilat Makes A Chapbook Prize in 2017 adjudicated by Lynn Xu. Sam X is immensely chuffed to be serving as the Managing Editor of Bellingham Review.
Shifting—singing—silting: the poems in Continental Drift form a landscape that cradles us all. Mai-Linh Hong’s debut collection (Trio House Press, 2026), winner of the 2025 Trio Award, shows extraordinary tenderness as it imagines pasts, presents,…