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Chen Chen

Residency Period
17 June to 22 July 2023 (Online)

Chen Chen is the author of two books of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (BOA Editions, 2022) and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. His work appears in many publications, including Poetry and three editions of The Best American Poetry. He has received two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from Kundiman, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists. He was the 2018-2022 Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University and currently teaches for the low-residency MFA programs at New England College and Stonecoast. He lives with his partner, Jeff Gilbert, and their pug, Mr. Rupert Giles. 

© Photo credit: by Paula Champagne

Awards

Selected Publications

  • Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (New York: BOA Editions, September 2022)
  • When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Further Possibilities (New York: BOA Editions, 2017)
  • Kissing the Sphinx (Two of Cups Press, 2016)
  • Set the Garden on Fire (Porkbelly Press, 2015)

Courses & Events

 

Date / Venue Programme Activities
6 online workshops on:

  • 17, 24 June 2023, 1, 8, 15, 22 July 2023 Saturday
  • 8:30am to 11am SGT

$180 for 6 sessions*

(Intermediate to Advanced)

 

Invitation & Inquiry: A Revision-Centred Poetry Workshop

Designed for intermediate to advanced poets, this course is rooted in serious engagement with participants’ work in progress. Compassionate, nuanced, and rigorous feedback will be at the heart of your time together with Chen Chen. Generative writing prompts will be shared, so you will also have the chance to create new work during this period.

Course code: CC1

More information here

* Concession rates available for students, unemployed, and low income migrant workers. Free for undergraduates and postgraduate students from Singapore tertiary institutions.

 

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