John Fadely

John Fadely’s debut book, Before Leaving the Island, won the 2025 Trail to Table (an imprint of Wandering Aengus Press) Book Award in Poetry. John lived in Asia for 30 years, including practicing law for 25 years, and resides in Portola Valley, California. He is co-translating an illustrated edition of Tang and Song dynasty poetry and co-founded a reading group that explores modern and contemporary long poems. He is also an active participant in the Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (ModPo) community hosted by the Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania.