Jacqueline Huynh Young is a second-generation Vietnamese-American artist whose family lineage bears the imprint of war and upheaval. Her heritage informs her endeavors in both writing and ceramics. With a focus on hand-building, she is drawn to crafting large-scale sculptural pieces that explore the complexities of identity in a culture where such foundations are not readily available. Additionally, she is intrigued by the relationship between land and art, particularly how harvesting wild clay can contribute to establishing a meaningful sense of home and connection to the earth.

A graduate of California Institute of the Arts with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, her poetry has been featured in Hobart, ENTROPY, Praxinoscope, and Thalia Magazine. Her chapbook The Distance Formula is out through Finishing Line Press.

Of The Distance Formula, Maggie Nelson (On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint) writes, “Jacqueline Young follows the rhythm of her attention with a gentle doggedness, inviting the reader into poems that feel somehow both meticulous and roomy. Her poems are so lucid, so smart, so coiled, so surprising, so quietly probing, I feel the utmost of gratitude for them.”