About the Author
Asa Drake
Asa Drake is a Filipina/white poet in Central Florida. A 2024 National Poetry Series finalist, she is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest, the Florida Book Awards, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, Storyknife, Sundress Publications, Tin House, and Idyllwild Arts. Her poems have been published with The Slowdown Podcast, The American Poetry Review, The Paris Review Daily, and The Georgia Review. A former librarian, she currently works as a teaching artist.
2026
Maybe the Body
A brilliant debut poetry collection by National Poetry Series finalist Asa Drake that explores the lineage and future lineage of a body shaped by economic, ecological, and political dissonance.
Press on Asa Drake
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Asa Drake on Maybe the Body, Poetry, and the Search for Home
Debutiful
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The Annotated Nightstand: What Aimee Nezhukumatathil is Reading Now, And Next
LitHub
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February Interview with Asa Drake
FOUR WAY REVIEW
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