Tina Chang, Brooklyn Poet Laureate, is the author of Half-Lit Houses (2004), Of Gods & Strangers (2011), and most recently Hybrida (2019) which was named A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 by NPR, Lit Hub, The Millions, Oprah magazine, and Publisher’s Weekly and was named a New York Times Book Review New & Noteworthy collection. Chang teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.