“In Her It Is In Her”
Collaborators’ Q&A
Poet Stacey Balkun:…the balance, depth, and sheer blueness of this piece drew me in. I’ve been writing a series of cryptic poems about my own adoption as a baby, and viewing this image helped me phrase the emotions. Artist Millian Pham Lien Giang: The layers of ambiguity in the poem refract the flora and human elements in the art. I appreciate being able to empathize with the main subject in the poem.
Millian Pham Lien Giang is a visual artist and educator. When she’s not preaching and teaching the finer points of fine art, Pham focuses on many modes of visual art perception in her practice. Poet Stacey Balkun is the author of Sweetbitter & co-editor of Fiolet & Wing: An Anthology of Domestic Fabulist Poetry. Winner of the 2019 New South Writing Contest as well as Terrain.org’s 10th Annual Contest.