Bone Symphony Book Launch
Description
Doors - 6:30pm
Performance - 7-8:30pm
Party - till 10pm
An evening of poetry, movement, sound, and ceremony celebrating Michelle Phuong Ho's debut collection, Bone Symphony.
This poetic performance will feature readings from Bone Symphony accompanied by sound artist Thistles, dance artist Kelvin Vu, and performers, followed by book signing, food, mingling, and dancing to beats courtesy of DJ Shaw00p.
Light bites & bone broth will be served. Books will be available for purchase from Possible Futures, along with limited edition swag.
Preorder the book here: bit.ly/bonesymphony
Please plan to arrive no later than 7pm.
Special thanks to Kundiman for co-sponsoring this event.
Artist Bios
Michelle Phuong Ho
Michelle Phuong Ho is the author of Bone Symphony (Boa Editions, 2026), chosen by Aracelis Girmay as a Blessing the Boats Selection. Her work appears in Nat Brut, The Offing, Poetry, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. Her honors include a Friends of Literature Award from Poetry magazine, a Connecticut Artistic Excellence Award, a BRINK Literary Journal Award for Hybrid Writing, a Ninth Letter Literary Award, and fellowships from the Asian Cultural Council, Brooklyn Poets, the I-Park Foundation, and Vermont Studio Center. She received her MFA in poetry from NYU. Born to Vietnamese refugees in San Jose, CA, she lives in New Haven, CT, where she teaches poetry in university classrooms, community book spaces, and living rooms.
Kelvin Vu
Kelvin Vu is a designer and dancer interested in the intersection of the performing arts, public space, and public knowledge. After graduating from Yale, he trained at the SF Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Summer Lee Rhatigan before moving to Tel Aviv to join Batsheva - the Young Ensemble. While in Israel, Kelvin performed works by Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Hofesh Schechter, Roy Assaf, Noa Zuk & Ohad Fishof, and Dafi Altabeb. After returning to the United States, Kelvin studied architecture and landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, Weitzman School of Design, where he was a University Olmsted Scholar. He is currently based in Boston, MA, working as a landscape designer with Agency Landscape + Planning, while also developing his own practice that combines dance, design, and teaching.
Camille Gwise
Camille Gwise is an interdisciplinary designer and researcher. Her practice collages material processes of drawing, writing, printmaking, and performance in service of making images, both still and moving. She works independently and with others to make books, installations, performances, visual identities, and the occasional typeface.
Hieu Bui
Hieu Bui is an actor, writer, and director born in Saigon, Vietnam, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a graduate of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. A three-time finalist for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in playwriting, Hieu has established himself as a compelling voice in new-works. His writing and directing credits include Eggs, Blanket, and Me Myself and Drew, presented at the Chain Theatre Festival. Hieu is also a practitioner of choreographic theatre, having trained with Enrique Pardo and Pantheatre in France. Additionally, he expanded his classical training through the BADA Mid-Summer Program at Oxford.
Iris You
Iris You is an architectural and landscape designer. She has a background in fabrication, and stage and exhibition design in Tokyo, her first dip into spatial design. She has interned at the offices of Kengo Kuma and Junya Ishigami. She studied political science once upon a time. You can find out what she’s up to now at StudioTrip.co
Antonius-Tín Bui
Antonius-Tín Bui is a polydisciplinary artist and shapeshifter invested in the transformative potential of improvisation, portraiture, craft, and ritual.
Phuong Nguyen
Phuong Nguyen (loosely pronounced fu-ONG win) is a New York based costume designer with backgrounds in East Asian studies and Vietnamese history. Their work dissects different aspects of her and other marginalized groups' heritage and identities, and tells stories absent from the "victors'" history books. They have worked on Broadway, Off Broadway and regional theatre projects along with dance pieces and short films in the US and South East Asia. Selected projects: Grandma Nai by Chheangkea Leng (film, Sundance Jury Award), Home by Taylor Sanghyun Lee (film, Vimeo Staff Pick), Return, My Mirrored Sister (dance, choreographer: Antonius Bui), Private Jones (musical world premiere, Goodspeed Opera & DC Signature), The Good John Proctor (play, Bedlam); Once Upon a Korean Time (play world premiere, Ma-Yi).
Thistles
James Maddox, professionally known as James Madx, is an alternative R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. In a new wave of his artistic expression, Madx has birthed a fresh side of himself under the name Thistles. He’s creating and exploring the sonic atmospheres needed to bring a sense of calmness and peace to restore the mind, soul and body.
DJ Shaw00p
Shawn Tran aka shaw00p is an LA based, Bay Area raised DJ, producer, designer, and event curator known for genre-fluid sets that move between soul-infused club and left-field electronic music--always bass forward and made for dancing. He has performed all over LA’s indie music scene as a drummer/DJ and has held two different club residencies over the last 2 years. Most recently, he debuted his first festival set at Coachella 2026 on the Desert Sky stage. His production work spans over R&B, pop, and hip-hop records as well as high energy electronic club edits. He has been featured on Soulection Radio, Fault Radio, and plethora of other Soundcloud community radio shows. Beyond the decks, shaw00p is recognized for building community in unconventional spaces, electrifying the underground music and art scene in both Los Angeles and the Bay Area since 2021. His work often blurs the line between party and installation, positioning him as both selector and experience-builder with a loyal following. His new DJ collective with harpist-DJ Sara Kawai called Don’t Go Yet encourages presence, spotlights emerging artists, and demonstrates their taste and mastery over different genres of music via experiential events and recording sessions. Since their creation in the summer of 2025, they quickly landed a monthly residency at Hyperion Social (fka The Friend) in Silverlake in addition to playing at other LA staples such as Blind Barber, Lock and Key, Melody Lounge, and more. Across both his music and the spaces he creates, shaw00p explores the spectrum of human emotion and grooves, shaping environments that feel cohesive and are built to last.
FAQs
- Where can I park?
Street parking is available along Henry St, Orchard St, & County St.
If street parking is full, try Hillhouse High School parking lot.
Carpooling is recommended! - Can I get a ticket at the door?
Yes, but those who get tickets in advance will be given priority entry.
At 7pm, any empty seats will be released to those who wish to buy a ticket at the door. - Where can I purchase the book?
You can preorder the book at bit.ly/bonesymphony.
Possible Futures will also have books available for purchase at the event.
Please note that if you preorder the book after 9/30, it may not ship in time for the event.
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