poet, teacher, sometimes essayist. chapbook, Love That For Us, out now @andchangepoetry.bsky.social. craft book forthcoming @noemipress.bsky.social. two books @boa-editions.bsky.social.
abolish the police & free palestine.
https://www.chenchenwrites.com
Chen Chen
thanks to @mickiepoet.bsky.social for asking me to contribute! this poem will also appear in my next book, Quintessential Earthly Activities, out next spring from @boa-editions.bsky.social 🌱
@chenchenwrites.bsky.social is teaching a generative virtual class at Blue Stoop “the image that haunts” it’s $50 and also has scholarships for local Philly ppl available www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/im...
This First Friday we're celebrating Pride Month! Stop by Suite 306 in the Anderson Arts Building between 6-9pm to explore our titles by LGBTQ+ authors. Want to create collaborative poetry with the community? Come build a poem in our First Friday "Shared Fragments" series. See you there! 🌈
extra long dash for gay mhm——
May imagination always come before knowing
—Tilsa Otta, from "Like shadows of a musical theme,” translated from the Spanish by Farid Matuk
the poetics of comfortable yet chic footwear
full poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/161497...
