Twitter — Blog — 陳琛

[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 Twitter

clarity, which can be the deepest mystery

maybe i should turn this space into a teaching blog? a space to reflect on teaching & share some favorite exercises…

Chen ChenNovember 23, 2021Teaching, Emilia Phillips, Twitter

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 In Voice - Poem of the Week

Thanks to Poetry In Voice for including my poem “When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities”…

Chen ChenMarch 2, 2019Poetry In Voice, Les voix de la poésie, Canada, Recitation, Contest, Reprint, Title poem, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, My poems, My book, Twitter, Anthology

Love Poems

I love love poems—reading them, writing them (or trying to). I love the falling in love with language that happens with every poem…

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