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2020 reflection

time is a bogus construct, in particular calendar time, but i do want to spend some time today reflecting on what i've done this year…

Chen ChenJanuary 1, 20212020, List, Teaching, Collaboration, Fidgety Puddings, Mag Gabbert, Sam Herschel Wein, Zine, Improv, Boy Luck Club, Pao Arts Center, Blurbing, Sweaters, Ploughshares, The Poetry Review, Hobart, Orion Magazine, The Cortland Review, The Familiar Wild, The Map of Every Lilac Leaf, Smith College, Smith College Poetry Center, Smith College Museum of Art, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic poetry, Underblong, Poets & Writers, The Margins, Fiction, Flash fiction, Victoria Chang, Obit, Electric Lit, New York Times, Muriel Leung, Zoom, Jeffrey Bean, Reading, Reading series, Luther Hughes, Raina Leon, Torrin A. Greathouse, George Abraham, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Tyler Tsay, Movies, Dear Ex, SOTUS the series, Sailor Moon, Craft essay, Personal essay, Personal, Andrew Thomas Huang, Nina Mingya Powles, Jenny Odell, Aeon Ginsberg, Gregory Kan, The Forward Prizes, Interview, Lantern Review, Mass Poetry, Paula Champagne, I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party, Poetry Unbound, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Reflection, Cassandra de Alba, Albert Lee, Juliette Givhan, Angelina Mazza, Aerik Francis, E Yeon Chang, Emma William-Margaret Rebholz aka Billy, Community, Editing, 2021

on academia, teaching, work, & independence

thinking about my future in academia. on the one hand, i love working with students. and on the other, so much hoop jumping…

Chen ChenAugust 25, 2020Academia, Teaching, Community, Twitter, Personal, Reflection, The Nap Ministry, Pandemic

poetry foundation critiques & reflection

Just signed this collective letter to the Board of Poetry Foundation, demanding for change—mainly the resignation & replacement of the current Board President; a tangible commitment to antiracism initiatives…

Chen ChenJune 8, 2020Poetry Foundation, Poetry Magazine, Letter, Demands, Ruth Lilly, Critiques, Black Lives Matter, Black writers, QTPOC Writers, Community, Underblong, Sam Herschel Wein, Literary journal, Literary institutions, MFA, PhD, Speaking out, Art is political

from Underblong: a statement of support for Black Lives Matter

To our blong community & the larger literary world,

We are devastated by the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless other Black people killed by the white supremacist state. We are committed…