{"title":"Chen Chen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChen Chen\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts poetry that weaves together personal narrative with broader reflections on identity, culture, and the complexities of belonging. Their work invites readers to explore themes of vulnerability and resilience through a lens that is both intimate and universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a diverse range of experiences, Chen Chen’s books resonate within the realms of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eScience \u0026amp; Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, offering insightful meditations that challenge and expand traditional boundaries. 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And sometimes, its pages record the dropping of a call, a failure or refusal to pick up. With irrepressible humour and play, these anarchic poems celebrate life, despite all that would crush aliveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHybrid in form and set in New England, West Texas, and a landlocked province of China, among other places, \u003ci\u003eYour Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e refuses neat categorizations and pat answers. 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Holding all accountable, this collection fully embraces the loss, grief, and abundant joy that come with charting one's own path in identity, life, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo be a season of laughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003ewhen my father says\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003ehis coworker is\u003c\/i\u003e like that, \u003ci\u003ehe can tell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003ebecause the guy wears pink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003esocks, see, you don't, so you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003ecan't, you can't be\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003eone of them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo be the one\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003emy parents raised me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003eto be. A season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003efrom the stormiest planet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003eA very good feeling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003ewith a man.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003eEvery feeling,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ein pink shoes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003ci\u003eEvery step, hot pink.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChen Chen:\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Xiamen, China, and grew up in Massachusetts. His work has appeared in two chapbooks and in such publications as \u003ci\u003ePoetry, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, Best of the Net,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of the 2016 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, he has been awarded fellowships from Kundiman, the Saltonstall Foundation, Lambda Literary, and in 2015, he was a finalist for the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships. 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