Welcome.

Vicky Inoue is a multilingual poet of Japanese and Polish descent who grew up in Sweden. She writes about her background, her multicultural identity, and the immigrant experience. She has been published in various Swedish and American media and publications. Vicky resides in California as of 2014.

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Colossal (excerpt)
2023

Mixed girls (excerpt)
2023

Rewrote it (excerpt)
2024

Magnet heart (excerpt)
2016, performed in 2023

Publications, features & press

  • “Rewrote it”, A taste of you, 2024

  • “井上”, Ariel Chart, 2023

  • “Backlight baby”, Creatura Magazine, 2017

  • “Weightless”, Creatura Magazine, 2016

  • “Magnethjärta”, MYLLER mag, 2016

  • “Ridå”, Små sexplosioner, 2015

  • “Into the sky”, Jens mag, 2015

  • Various, Stockholm Poetry festival, 2002, 2003, 2004

  • Various, Klättrar på en mur, 2003

  • Various, Virveldikt under mina fötter, 1999

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