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Chen Chen

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Notable Chicago: 11/23–11/29

  • Jonathan McDaniel
  • November 23, 2018
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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The Queer Syllabus: Threshold by Joseph O. Legaspi

  • Chen Chen
  • October 25, 2018
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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What to Read When You’re Queer and of Color during Pride

  • The Rumpus
  • June 29, 2018
Books by queer poets of color included in the Nepantla anthology!
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Notable Chicago: 6/22–6/28

  • Jonathan McDaniel
  • June 22, 2018
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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Notable NYC: 6/2–6/8

  • Ian MacAllen
  • June 2, 2018
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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Notable NYC: 11/25–12/1

  • Ian MacAllen
  • November 25, 2017
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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What to Read When You’ve Made It More Than Halfway through 2017

  • The Rumpus
  • August 25, 2017
A list of Rumpus editors' favorite reads from 2017 thus far—books that have kept us sane, challenged us to work harder and think bigger, and kept us dreaming and hopeful.
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Earnest, Funny, and Fun: Chen Chen’s When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Further Possibilities

  • James Davis May
  • June 16, 2017
What makes Chen’s poetry so exhilarating is that these poems always have a center of gravity—the self—that keeps the many subjects they explore in orbit.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Chen Chen

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • May 16, 2017
Chen Chen discusses his new collection When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, playing the game white supremacy has set up, and if God is trying and failing to be a cool dad.
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Why I Chose When I Grow Up I Want To Be a List of Further Possibilities for April’s Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • March 17, 2017
I am drawn to poetry about the difficulties of family, about the pain of feeling one is a disappointment to their parents, about the sense of separation that can come as…
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Notable Los Angeles: 3/13–3/19

  • Xach Fromson
  • March 13, 2017
Monday 3/13: Ryan Ruby, with Natasha Vargas-Cooper, discusses and signs The Zero and the One. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Chen Chen reading and signing When I Grow up I Want…
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Set the Garden on Fire by Chen Chen

  • Linda Ashok
  • March 11, 2016
Linda Ashok reviews Chen Chen's Set the Garden on Fire today in Rumpus Poetry.
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