Laetitia Keok is a writer and editor from Singapore.
Selected Publications
POETRY
The Safest Place in the World, Brooklyn Poets (forthcoming)
Desire Path, Narrative Magazine (forthcoming)
An Exercise in Neutrality, Hajar Press
Intimacy Study, Beloit Poetry Journal
Semifinalist for the 2024 Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry, judged by Marilyn Chin
Minor Subjects, Split Lip Magazine
Nominated for Best of the Net 2026
Abecedarian Against Time; Good Grief, Poetry Northwest
I Have Not Written a Poem in Months, Oxford Poetry
Shortlisted for the 2022 Oxford Poetry Prize, judged by Emily Berry
Object Permanence, Longleaf Review
Nominated for the 2023 Nina Riggs Poetry Award
Maxwell Food Centre (1997), Wildness Journal
ANTHOLOGIES
MISC
A Poem is a Garden, Co-sine Newsletter
Conversation with Jeremy Tiang, Sine Theta Magazine
Conversation with Yanyi, Sine Theta Magazine
Conversation with Jenny Qi, Sine Theta Magazine
Appearances
FEATURES
"There is Still Time": An Interview with Laetitia Keok — Longleaf Review
Young Writers' Episode — Micro Podcast (also featured on Literary Hub)
EVENTS
A Tenderness of Beloveds: reading presented by Laetitia Keok
New York City, Accent Sisters — 6 February 2026
Aftermath Arts Cooperative Halloween Offering
New York City, Black Spring Books — 1 November 2025
Brooklyn Poets Summer Fellows Showcase
New York City, Brooklyn Poets — 1 August 2025
The Long Crescendo: 10 Years of Half Mystic
New York City, Selva — 11 July 2025
Poetry at Sunnyside Arts: reading & open mic
New York City, Sunnyside Arts Collective — 20 June 2025
Speak, Light: Accent Sisters Summer Reading Series
New York City, Accent Sisters — 13 June 2025
Five Go To An Island: a poetry reading & open mic
Singapore, Thryft Books — 21 December 2024
NYU Emerging Writers Reading Series
New York City, Lillian Vernon Creative Writer's House — 1 November 2024
Lactose Intolerant Reading Series
New York City, Word Bookstores — 22 September 2024
Dink Collective: May-ke or Break
Singapore, UltraSuperNew Gallery — 19 May 2023
What's New? (4) / About New Singapore Poetries
Singapore, Yale-NUS College — 07 February 2023
ReadNUS Kopi Talks: Publishing in Singapore
Online, Zoom — 10 January 2023
Riverside Reading: Poetry with Mary Jean Chan & Friends
Singapore, The Projector X: Riverside Point — 21 August 2022
The Gaudy Boy Reading + Mini-Panel on Publishing
Singapore, Crane Club — 14 July 2022
Longleaf Review, Spring/Summer Issue Virtual Launch Party
Online, Zoom — 13 June 2022