Essay — Blog

[Kundiman Retreat 2019, Fordham University, by Margarita Corporan]

The future isn't something hidden in a corner. The future is something we build in the present.

—Paulo Freire

If there’s a thing I want to teach me, it’s how I live my light.

—Yanyi

Hello! Here I write about a bunch of (usually) writing-related topics and according to absolutely no schedule. Topics range from political meditations to notes on teaching and learning to particularly delightful publication updates to celebrations of friendship and community (!!) to what I’ve been reading lately to… a cornucopia of lols. If you’re looking for a particular blogpost, try the post tags page. Otherwise, all posts are below, from newer to older.

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Posts tagged Essay

and I said to the star, 'Consume me.'

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else…

Poems of Gladness

Thanks to Catherine Pierce for the shout-out (to my Twitter!—a recent thread on happy poems) in this candid, moving piece…

Chen ChenFebruary 1, 2019Mary Oliver, Catherine Pierce, The Millions, Essay, RIP, Rest in poems, Poems of gladness, Joy, Shout-out, Recommended reading, Twitter, Celebration

Mary Oliver

It’s been a stressful, difficult week, and to learn of Mary Oliver’s passing is so crushing…

Chen ChenJanuary 18, 2019Mary Oliver, RIP, Quote, Brandon Taylor, Essay

Poem-a-Day in 2019

Thanks to Emily Polson for a shoutout in an article over on Book Riot…

Exceedingly My Mother

Gratitude to Luther Hughes for writing so movingly about my poem, “I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party”…

Chen ChenDecember 6, 2018My poems, Luther Hughes, Column, Frontier Poetry, You Smell Like Outside, I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party, New work, Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, Poem-a-Day, Essay, Quote