Chen Chen
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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[]
- 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature
- 2019 Pushcart Prize
- 2018 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry
- 2018 Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) New Writers Award
- 2018 Finalist, Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry
- 2017 Longlisted, National Book Award
- 2016 Kundiman Fellow
- 2015 Finalist, Poetry Foundation's Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships[8]
- 2014 New Delta Review's Matt Clark Award in Poetry
- 2014 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize[9]
- 2014 Finalist, Narrative's 30 Below Contest
- 2011 Joyce Carol Oates Award
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[]
- ^ Siemsen, Thom (2017-03-09). "'Queer People are Making Beautiful Worlds:' Chen Chen on his Debut Poetry Collection". Out magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brandeis University English Department". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Full Bio". chenchenwrites.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ "Conversations with Contributors: Chen Chen (Poetry)". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ "Infoxicated Corner: Interview with Chen Chen". The poetry blog. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ "The Lickety Split". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "2015 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship Winners Announced". Poetry Foundation. 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ "Chen Chen". BOA Editions, Ltd. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ^ Teicher, Craig Morgan (February 8, 2017). "Poetry To Pay Attention To: A Preview Of 2017's Best Verse". NPR News. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kissing the Sphinx". porkbellypress.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ^ "Set the Garden on Fire by Chen Chen". The Rumpus.net. March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ "UGA Press View Book". www.ugapress.org. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- American male poets
- 21st-century American poets
- Chinese emigrants to the United States
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Writers from Massachusetts
- LGBT writers from the United States
- LGBT poets
- Gay writers
- LGBT American people of Asian descent
- 21st-century American male writers
- Hampshire College alumni