Yay — 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 Yay

Wonderful Nothings - the Zine!

It’s here! Mag Gabbert and I recently finished making this zine during my visit to Dallas…

Chen ChenAugust 30, 2019Zine, Wonderful Nothings, Mag Gabbert, Collaboration, New work, Erasure poetry, My poems, Friendship, Yay, Favorite

National Endowment for the Arts - Fellow page

So honored to be a 2019 NEA Fellow in Literature…

Chen ChenJuly 23, 2019NEA, National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship, Jess X. Snow, Author photo, Statement, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency, Announcement, New work, Yay, Favorite

Gesundheit!

Sam Herschel Wein and I made a chapbook together called Gesundheit! And now it’s going to be published…

Chen ChenMarch 2, 2019Gesundheit!, Sam Herschel Wein, Collaboration, Collab chap, Chapbook, My chapbook, New work, Announcement, Sneezing, Anthony Frame, Friendship, Cuties, Yay, Favorite

Olympia

So much gratitude to Beth Reynolds for this Olympia typewriter…

Chen ChenFebruary 28, 2019Olympia, Typewriter, Gift, Cookies, Gratitude, Beth Reynolds, Jeff Gilbert, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Brandeis University, Poetry workshop, Nikky Finney, Care, Attention, Unfolding, Yay, Teaching, Learning, Personal

Smith College

Thanks to the Smith College Poetry Center for making these beautifully designed cards…

NEA Fellowship

What a giddy, beautiful day…

Glass Poetry Chapbook Series

(Bff!) Sam Herschel Wein and I wrote a sneeze-&-tissue-filled collab/joint chapbook called Gesundheit!…

Chen ChenFebruary 19, 2019Sam Herschel Wein, Gesundheit!, Chapbook, Collaboration, Collab chap, Glass Poetry, Anthony Frame, The Achoo Tour, Finalist, List, Announcement, Friendship, Yay, New work, My chapbook

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…

The Best American Poetry 2019

‪So I think I can share this news now? I’m ecstatic that my poem, “I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party” has been selected by Major Jackson for The Best American Poetry 2019…

Chen ChenFebruary 6, 2019The Best American Poetry, 2019, Anthology, New work, I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party, Major Jackson, David Lehman, Tracy K. Smith, Poem-a-Day, Muriel Leung, Yay, Announcement

8th printing of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities

Just found out my book will be going into its 8th printing…

Chen ChenJanuary 20, 2019When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, BOA Editions, Yay, Announcement, My book