I dreamed of tracing my fingers over the ridged edges of buttery Ritz crackers, of piling the neon yellow cheese and soft pink bologna into never-ending towers….
Ezra Baeli-Wang
Ezra Baeli-Wang is a speechwriter and poet whose work is informed by his experiences as the child of a queer parent and a first-generation immigrant parent. His writing has appeared in December Magazine, Hunger Mountain, and Pembroke Magazine, among others. Ezra is the recipient of the Ruth Stone Poetry Prize, and his poetry has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and a Best New Poets Award. Ezra currently lives in San Luis Obispo, with his partner, Elizabeth.