# Wendy Xu

wendy xu (born 1987) is a Chinese American poet. Xu was born in Shandong China in 1987 but was raised in the United States in Iowa and New York.[1] She earned her BA at the University of Iowa and finished her graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[2] Xu has published several collections of poetry, including You Are Not Dead (2013), The Past (2021), Phrasis (2017), which was named 10 Best Poetry Books of 2017 by New York Times Book Review, as well as two chapbooks, The Hero Poems (2011), and I Was Not Even Born (2013, coauthored with Nick Sturm), and most recently wrote and had published a work of nonfiction and poetics, Your Historical Loveliness Knows No Bounds (Poets on Poetry Series 2025). She was the former co-editor and publisher of iO: A Journal of New American Poetry / iO Books[3], and previously worked as a poet and poetry editor for Hyperallergic.[4] from 2016-2020.