Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jenna Lê


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The result was keep.  A  Train talk 07:35, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

Jenna Lê

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This poet doesn't seem to meet the criteria for WP:NAUTHOR. Wolfson5 (talk) 03:49, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Author in question was a Small Press Distribution Poetry Bestseller, won Second Place in the 2017 Elgin Book of the Year Awards. Poet has been a Minnetonka Review Editor’s Prize winner, a two-time Alpha Omega Alpha Pharos Poetry Competition winner, a William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition finalist, a Michael E. DeBakey Poetry Award finalist, a Pamet River Prize semifinalist, a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a Best of the Net nominee, and a Rhysling Award nominee. For a child of Vietnamese refugees who escaped the Vietnam war balancing both a professional career as medical doctor in a community where less than 20% of her people graduate college in the US, and a literary career that has won numerous distinctions seems to qualify under WP:NAUTHOR.LaoArtisans (talk) 04:27, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Jenna Le was considered a “groundbreaking Asian American poets” by NBC News, and her press page on her website includes over 38 entries including the Huffington Post, New Hampshire TV, Slate, Salon, the Los Angeles Review, Hyphen magazine, the Hong Kong magazine Cha, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where she has had her work reviewed or her opinion or performance as a writer requested. This seems sufficiently noteworthy as far as Asian American poets go. Thaoworra (talk) 04:34, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
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 * Comment, wow, article created at 02:21, up for deletion at 03:49, a tad quick? Coolabahapple (talk) 01:42, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment, Lê's book of poetry, Six Rivers, has been reviewed by Hyphen - " Funny, ferocious, and lyrical, Le chronicles her Vietnamese heritage, family lore, sexual awakenings, and her gorey trials as a doctor, all divided by chapters named after the rivers in her life...", Star Tribune - "the world in Jenna Le's debut collection is strange.", Ocean Vuong in Poetry Magazine - "Another book I have been returning to is Jenna Le’s Six Rivers.", her other book, A History of the Cetacean American Diaspora, doesn't appear to have made such an impact. As for Lê receiving numerous Pushcart Prize nominations, is this significant?, from its website - "We welcome up to six nominations (print or online) from little magazine and small book press editors throughout the world. We also accept nominations from our staff of distinguished Contributing Editors." Coolabahapple (talk) 03:37, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve the article is rudimentary but the subject seems notable, based on press coverage linked from her own website as Coolabahapple says, such as and . The way her work builds on scientific theories, including her medical background, is especially interesting. HouseOfChange (talk) 12:49, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Article needs a lot of work, but I searched, and there is enough here to pass WP:CREATIVE.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:16, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems like a notable writer, passes GNG. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs ) ~ 18:55, 25 May 2018 (UTC)


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