Chen Chen

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Chen at the 2017 Texas Book Festival

Chen Chen (born March 9, 1989) is a Chinese-American poet.[1] His book, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, has been longlisted for the 2017 National Book Awards.[2] Chen has served as the Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University since 2018. [3] He also serves on the poetry faculty for the low-residency MFA programs at New England College and Stonecoast. [4]

Life[]

Chen was born in Xiamen, China and grew up in Massachusetts. After graduating from Newton North High School, he received his B.A. in creative writing and Asian/Pacific/American Studies at Hampshire College in 2011, and his M.F.A. from Syracuse University in 2014.[4] Chen completed his Ph.D. in English and creative writing at Texas Tech University, where he was a part-time instructor in composition.[5]

His work has appeared in Poetry, The Massachusetts Review, Drunken Boat, Best of the Net, The Best American Poetry, The Academy of American Poets, and elsewhere. He has served as a poetry editor for Salt Hill Journal, and currently serves as editor-in-chief of Underblong and managing editor for Iron Horse Review.[6] He also edits "the lickety split", a Twitter-based journal that "only publishes poems that fit in a single tweet", alongside his fictional assistant editor Gudetama the Egg.[7]

Awards and fellowships[]

Books[]

  • Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (New York: BOA Editions, forthcoming September 2022) [4]
  • When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Further Possibilities (New York: BOA Editions, 2017)[4][10][11]
  • Kissing the Sphinx (Two of Cups Press, 2016)[12]
  • Set the Garden on Fire (Porkbelly Press, 2015)[13]

In anthology

  • Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology (University of Georgia Press, 2018)[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Siemsen, Thom (2017-03-09). "'Queer People are Making Beautiful Worlds:' Chen Chen on his Debut Poetry Collection". Out magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  2. ^ Kellogg, Carolyn (2017-09-13). "The 10 poets on the longlist for the 2017 National Book Award". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  3. ^ "Brandeis University English Department". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Full Bio". chenchenwrites.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  5. ^ "Conversations with Contributors: Chen Chen (Poetry)". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  6. ^ "Infoxicated Corner: Interview with Chen Chen". The poetry blog. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  7. ^ "The Lickety Split". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ "2015 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship Winners Announced". Poetry Foundation. 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  9. ^ "Chen Chen". BOA Editions, Ltd. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  10. ^ Teicher, Craig Morgan (February 8, 2017). "Poetry To Pay Attention To: A Preview Of 2017's Best Verse". NPR News. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  11. ^ Lewis, Michelle (April 11, 2017). "WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A LIST OF FURTHER POSSIBILITIES: A review of Chen Chen's debut poetry…". Medium. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  12. ^ "Kissing the Sphinx". porkbellypress.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  13. ^ "Set the Garden on Fire by Chen Chen". The Rumpus.net. March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  14. ^ "UGA Press View Book". www.ugapress.org. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
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