PWN's Debut Review
PWN's Debut Review
Return to the Craft with Chen Chen
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Today, we launch Season Four with Chen Chen, a poet, essayist, instructor, and editor. His first collection, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, won the prestigious Thom Gunn Award. His second collection, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency, is now available from BOA Editions. Also, a book of essays is forthcoming in 2023.
In this first episode of the brand new season, Chen shares his journey, thus far, as a writer. We discuss multilingualism, multiverses, multimedia, and finally, all manner of ice cream.
PWN's Debut Review is hosted by Project Write Now, a nonprofit writing studio. Learn more at projectwritenow.org.