Explodingly Yours (Ghost City Press, 2023)
Autostraddle - “8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month” by A. Tony Jerome
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (BOA Editions + Bloodaxe Books, 2022)
Scottish Field - “The Good Books, Jane Flett: ‘Marcy Dermansky writes my favourite female characters ever’ ” by Jane Flett
Electric Lit - “Electric Lit’s Favorite Poetry Collections of 2022” by Staff (book is included in the “Top 3 Poetry Collections of the Year”)
Book Riot - “10 of the Best Poetry Collections of 2022” by Connie Pan
NPR - “Books We Love” by Craig Morgan Teicher
Boston Globe - “Best Books of 2022” by Stephanie Burt
Smithsonian Magazine - “Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2022” by Mary Savig
ANMLY - “I wear faux leather / but engage in some real: On ‘Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced An Emergency’ ” by jojo Lazar
Harvard Crimson - “Reading at the Grolier: Learning to Live Through Poetry with Chen Chen” by Jessica Wang
Shondaland - “The New and Forthcoming Collections to Read for National Poetry Months” by Sarah Neilson
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017; Bloodaxe Books, 2019)
The Student Life - “Queer Asian Reads: The whimsy, love and pain in Chen Chen’s poetry” by Reia Li
The China Project - “Must-read LGBTQ China books for Pride Month” by Emma Burleigh
AudioFile Magazine - Review of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities - the audiobook
Audible Blog - “The Best Poetry Audiobooks to Listen to for National Poetry Month” by Alanna McAuliffe
Shondaland - “10 Books to Read Aloud with Your Boo (Or Bestie)” by Sarah Neilson