Topaz Winters

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== Career ==
== Career ==
Winters began publishing poetry as a teenager. Her chapbook ''poems for the sound of the sky before thunder'' was published by Math Paper Press in 2017.{{Cite web |title=poems for the sound of the sky before thunder |url=https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/poems-for-the-sound-of-the-sky-before-thunder |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129190540/https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/poems-for-the-sound-of-the-sky-before-thunder |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 January 2018 |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=BooksActually}} Her full-length collection ''Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing'' was first published in 2019 and later reissued by [[Button Poetry]] in a fifth-anniversary edition.{{Cite web |title=Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing |url=https://buttonpoetry.com/product/portrait-of-my-body-as-a-crime-im-still-committing/ |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=Button Poetry}} Her collection ''So, Stranger'' was published by Button Poetry in 2022.
Winters's chapbook ''poems for the sound of the sky before thunder'' was published by Math Paper Press in 2017. name="MathPaperPress">{{Cite web |title=poems for the sound of the sky before thunder |url=https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/poems-for-the-sound-of-the-sky-before-thunder |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129190540/https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/poems-for-the-sound-of-the-sky-before-thunder |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 January 2018 |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=BooksActually}} Her full-length collection ''Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing'' was first published in 2019 and later reissued by [[Button Poetry]] in a fifth-anniversary edition. name="ButtonPortrait">{{Cite web |title=Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing |url=https://buttonpoetry.com/product/portrait-of-my-body-as-a-crime-im-still-committing/ |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=Button Poetry}} Her collection ''So, Stranger'' was published by Button Poetry in 2022.


According to ''The Straits Times'', Winters was among a group of young Singaporean poets whose work contributed to a more outspoken contemporary poetry scene. Her writing has addressed themes including illness, family, migration, queerness, and mental health. Her poem "It's Not That I'm Angry" received the 2022 Princeton University Academy of American Poets Prize.{{Cite web |last=Poets |first=Academy of American |title=2022 Academy of American Poets Prize |url=https://poets.org/2022-princeton-university |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=Poets.org}}
''The Straits Times'' identified Winters among a group of young Singaporean poets whose work reflected a more outspoken contemporary poetry scene. Her writing has addressed themes including illness, family, migration, queerness, and mental health. Her poem "It's Not That I'm Angry" received the 2022 Princeton University Academy of American Poets Prize.{{Cite web |last=Poets |first=Academy of American |title=2022 Academy of American Poets Prize |url=https://poets.org/2022-princeton-university |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=Poets.org}}


Winters is editor-in-chief of Half Mystic, a literary journal and small press.{{Cite web |title=Topaz Winters: On Music, Tech And Writing |url=https://lifestyleguide.com/article/topaz-winters-on-music-tech-and-writing |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=Lifestyle Guide}} In 2023, she co-founded the online literary magazine Kopi Break with Max Pasakorn and Kendrick Loo.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.kopibreakpoetry.com/about |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=Kopi Break}}
Winters is editor-in-chief of Half Mystic, a literary journal and small press.{{Cite web |title=Topaz Winters: On Music, Tech And Writing |url=https://lifestyleguide.com/article/topaz-winters-on-music-tech-and-writing |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=Lifestyle Guide}} In 2023, she co-founded the online literary magazine Kopi Break with Max Pasakorn and Kendrick Loo.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.kopibreakpoetry.com/about |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=Kopi Break}}


Winters wrote and appeared in the 2017 short film ''SUPERNOVA'', directed by Ishan Modi.{{Cite web |last=Tan |first=Megan |date=11 August 2018 |title=A new chapter for SingLit |url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/brunch/a-new-chapter-for-singlit |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=The Business Times}} With Crispin Rodrigues, she co-curated the digital art installation "Letters From Home to Home" for the 2020 [[Singapore Writers Festival]].{{Cite web |title=Singapore Writers Festival - Letters from Home to Home |url=https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/nacswf/nacswf/programme-listing/free-events/Letters-from-Home-to-Home.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |website=Singapore Writers Festival}} She has also performed at literary and arts events including the Singapore Writers Festival and the YoungArts gala at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].{{Cite web |date=9 April 2024 |title=Emerging Talent and Legendary Artists Celebrated The YoungArts Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/youngarts-gala-2024 |access-date=15 April 2024 |website=Vogue}}
Winters wrote and appeared in the 2017 short film ''SUPERNOVA'', directed by Ishan Modi.{{Cite web |last=Tan |first=Megan |date=11 August 2018 |title=A new chapter for SingLit |url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/brunch/a-new-chapter-for-singlit |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=The Business Times}} With Crispin Rodrigues, she co-curated the digital art installation "Letters From Home to Home" for the 2020 [[Singapore Writers Festival]].{{Cite web |title=Singapore Writers Festival - Letters from Home to Home |url=https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/nacswf/nacswf/programme-listing/free-events/Letters-from-Home-to-Home.html |access-date=17 February 2021 |website=Singapore Writers Festival}} She has also appeared at literary and arts events including the Singapore Writers Festival and the YoungArts gala at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].{{Cite web |date=9 April 2024 |title=Emerging Talent and Legendary Artists Celebrated The YoungArts Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/youngarts-gala-2024 |access-date=15 April 2024 |website=Vogue}}


Her scholarly article "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents" was published in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]''.{{Cite journal |last=Aiyer |first=Priyanka |date=28 January 2020 |title=Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415 |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=206–222 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415 |issn=0091-8369 |pmid=30407889 |s2cid=53236989 |url-access=subscription}}
Her scholarly article "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents" was published in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]''.{{Cite journal |last=Aiyer |first=Priyanka |date=28 January 2020 |title=Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415 |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=206–222 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415 |issn=0091-8369 |pmid=30407889 |s2cid=53236989 |url-access=subscription}}
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=== Poetry collections ===
=== Poetry collections ===
* ''Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing''. Button Poetry, 2019; reissued 2024. ISBN 9781733881609.>{{Cite web |title=Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing |url=https://buttonpoetry.com/product/portrait-of-my-body-as-a-crime-im-still-committing/ |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=Button Poetry}}</ref>
* ''Portrait of My Body as a Crime I'm Still Committing''. Button Poetry, 2019; reissued 2024. ISBN 9781733881609.name="ButtonPortrait" />
* ''So, Stranger''. Button Poetry, 2022. ISBN 9781638340249.
* ''So, Stranger''. Button Poetry, 2022. ISBN 9781638340249.


=== Chapbooks ===
=== Chapbooks ===
* ''Heaven or This''. 2016.
* ''Heaven or This''. 2016.
* ''poems for the sound of the sky before thunder''. Math Paper Press, 2017.
* ''poems for the sound of the sky before thunder''. Math Paper Press, 2017.{{Cite web |title=poems for the sound of the sky before thunder |url=https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/poems-for-the-sound-of-the-sky-before-thunder |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129190540/https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/poems-for-the-sound-of-the-sky-before-thunder |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 January 2018 |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=BooksActually}}


=== Scholarly articles ===
=== Scholarly articles ===
* "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents". ''Journal of Homosexuality'', 67(2), 206–222. 2020. doi:10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415.>{{Cite journal |last=Aiyer |first=Priyanka |date=28 January 2020 |title=Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415 |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=206–222 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415 |issn=0091-8369 |pmid=30407889 |s2cid=53236989 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* "Queering Poetics: The Impact of Poetry on LGBT+ Identity in Singaporean Adolescents". ''Journal of Homosexuality'', 67(2), 206–222. 2020. doi:10.1080/00918369.2018.1536415.


== References ==
== References ==
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