Qiang Meng
China
First Language(s): Chinese
Second Language(s):
English
Bio
Qiang Meng is from Changchun, China. His poems and translations have appeared in POETRY, the Los Angeles Review, Electric Literature, Salt Hill Journal, and elsewhere.
Q&A
What was your favorite book as a child?
The Investiture of the Gods. I was obsessed with Chinese mythology as a child influenced by the animation.
What was the original reason or motivation why you started writing creatively?
Everyone in my middle-school classroom was good at math. I was trying to be different.
What was the most adventurous or thrilling thing you ever did/experienced?
Saying “I love you” to my beloved.
Do you listen to music while reading or writing? Why/why not?
I tend to listen to music less while writing, because it's already hard enough for an INTP to stay focused. But I used to enjoy Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 2.
Contributions
Poetry
Correction Tape
Issue Fall '26