CHEN CHEN, author of the book of craft essays In Cahoots with the Rabbit God (Noemi Press), is a poet and educator. His third book of poems, Quintessential Earthly Activities, is forthcoming from Boa Editions in spring 2027. His two previous collections are Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. He has also written six chapbooks, most recently Love That for Us, a collaboration with Sam Herschel Wein. A Kundiman community member, his honors include the Thom Gunn Award, three Pushcart Prizes, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and United States Artists. His work appears in many journals and anthologies, including Poetry, Ploughshares, three editions of The Best American Poetry, two editions of The Forward Book of Poetry, and The Norton Introduction to Literature. He edits the online poetry journals Underblong and the lickety~split. He teaches for the MFA program at New England College.
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