Chen
Chen

is the author of two books of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (2022) and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (2017), both published by BOA Editions and by Bloodaxe Books in the UK. His latest chapbook is Explodingly Yours (Ghost City Press, 2023). A Kundiman community member, his honors include the Thom Gunn Award, two Pushcart Prizes, the National Book Award longlist, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and United States Artists. His work appears in many publications, including three editions of The Best American Poetry and two editions of The Forward Book of Poetry. He teaches for the l0w-residency MFA programs at New England College, Stonecoast, and Antioch. He edits the online poetry journals, Underblong and the lickety~split. He holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a PhD from Texas Tech University. He lives in Rochester, NY with his partner, Jeff Gilbert, and their pug, Mr. Rupert Giles.

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Here is a long bio, a few short bios, a CV, and some thoughts on teaching.

Oh also an erasure of Tolstoy, a manifesto of friendship & play, and an ars poetica.

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There are, in fact, some ways to contact me.

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