EMDASH AKA EMILY LU GAO
(高璐璐) is a poet, writer, open mic host, organizer, educator, bookseller and daughter of Chinese immigrants. She writes to heal, grow, & decolonize. They have performed at Unnameable Books, Malcolm X Library Branch in San Diego, ACLU San Diego, The San Diego Art Institute, Sunday Jump in Historic Filipinotown LA and more. Born in Missouri then raised in Southern California, she now lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. She holds a BA in Asian American Studies from Pitzer College.
They’ve earned funding from Sundress Publications, Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference, Jersey City Arts Council, Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference, and Rutgers-Newark—where they simultaneously taught and got an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry). Any/all pronouns.
For publication history, click the genre above.
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
Maya Angelou
