Nancy Lynée Woo is a poet, educator, and community organizer. She has co-founded a handful of arts organizations, including the Long Beach Literary Arts Center, and briefly ran a social justice-based literary press. As an organizer, she has produced innumerable arts events, including writing workshops, public readings, and arts festivals. She is the creator of Surprise the Line, a community poetry workshop, and strongly believes in the power of the arts to bring people together. Writing from an eco-feminist perspective, her poetry is largely inspired by the magic and power of the natural world. Nancy has received fellowships from PEN America, Arts Council for Long Beach, and Idyllwild Writers Week. Her work has been published in Tupelo Quarterly, The Shore, Radar Poetry, and Stirring, among others. She has released two chapbooks, taught writing to humans of all ages, and performed everywhere from colleges to barber shops. Ecological sustainability is a main focus of Nancy’s work. She holds a BA in sociology with an emphasis in environmental studies from UC Santa Cruz, and is an MFA candidate in poetry at Antioch University. Find her cavorting around Long Beach, California, and online at nancylyneewoo.com or @fancifulnance on social.