Pop-up: Ally Ang

Ally Ang reads from their new poetry collection Let the Moon Wobble at the Portland Art Museum in the Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery (Level 3, Room 303), paired with Robert Irwin, Untitled.

About Let the Moon Wobble:

A 2026 Barbara Gittings Literature Award Honor Title
A Finalist for the 2026 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry
A Finalist for the 2026 Washington State Book Award for Poetry

“The emotions in Ang’s poems jumped from the line and into my soul. They explore queerness without filter or apology. The poems are radiant.” —Debutiful
“Ang’s debut volume of poems is a tour de force of passion, longing, and loneliness … An important new poet to watch and read.” —Library Journal
“Ally Ang is a poet who refuses the deadening distances of capital, borders, and patriarchy, embracing instead the richest, queerest intimacies of uncouth body, kinky breath, and collective revolt. These gorgeous, daring poems say: Let your eyebrows be as close as they want. Become the swine feral with love, the mango ungovernable with sweetness that this heartbreaking world needs. Welcome the moon’s song in your belly, where it has always truly belonged.” —Chen Chen