Ching-In Chen's Blog

Dear friendlies:

Just a quick note to let you know that I'll be giving my last reading for 2009 from The Heart's Traffic tomorrow night (Friday, Dec. 18, 5-8pm) at Yi HwaRo restaraunt (3465 W 6th St, Ste 130, Los Angeles, CA 90020)! I'll also be running a generative poetry workshop after the reading so bring your notebooks & pens if you want to write.

Some other news from my part of the world –
* My poem, "The Sky's Full Contents," written when I was a city girl dreaming of desert found a home...

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Hello friends,

I'm happy to have 3 poems (Praisesong for Sisters, Leftover & For the Girl Who Nearly Broke Me) up in the Gender issue of Poemeleon: http://www.poemeleon.org/ching-in-chen-2/

I'm also happy to be reading Wednesday night (Oct. 14) in the Poemeleon reading at the Sweeney Art Gallery in downtown Riverside with a great line-up of local poets & to be headed North to San Francisco as part of Litquake's Litcrawl. Info for both below — Hope to see you there if you're able!

And as my...

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It's been a busy fall — much en-route, in-between, lots of brief interactions, glimmers, catching up, new faces everywhere! Also, I've landed in a new house with a swimming pool & a work table with lots of light (so have been unintentionally weaning myself off coffee & frequently the coffeeshop less!)

I was excited to get back to Riverside to focus on my Riverside project which I'll be working on over the next year — a conversation between the buried history of Riverside Chinatown...

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Dear fierce & fabulous ones!

Am excited to announce that Achiote Press' newest chapbook, Here is a Pen: An Anthology of West Coast Kundiman Poets, which I helped to edit with Margaret Rhee and Debbie Yee, is now available for purchase online here: http://www.achiotepress.com/kundiman.htm

Kundiman is a wonderful 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing a nurturing space for Asian American poets. Like many other arts organizations in these difficult times, Kundiman has suffered from budget...

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Dear lovelies:

I hope you've had as wonderful & fruitful a summer as I have, meeting writers & other friendly souls in Saratoga Springs, San Antonio & all throughout China. Through it all, I've been reminded of how important writing based in a community is to me — when receiving a compassionate code of conduct before arriving at Macondo (http://www.macondofoundation.org/program...) or participating in a Kundiman for Melissa Roxas...

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Dear ones,

I'm writing to you while watching the rain fall in the Massachusetts dusk. I'm grateful for this time to re-visit with fam back on the East coast and I'm grateful that my friend Melissa Roxas re-surfaced and was able to share her experience at a recent press conference in Los Angeles: http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://vimeo.com/5383073

In the spirit of gratefulness, I'm sharing this latest news on my journey and thank you all for being part of it.

1) Live Online Interview on Blood-Jet W

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Dear friends,

I’ll be returning to the Solstice Summer Writers’ Conference at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, MA to read with with Laura McCullough, Dave Zelsterman & Michael Sussman!

Tuesday, June 23, 3:30-5pm

Solstice Participant Reading

Solstice Summer Writers’ Conference

Pine Manor College

400 Heath St, Chestnut Hill MA

http://www.pmc.edu/solstice

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Later in the week, I’ll be reading in the Academy of American Poets’ Poetry from the Rooftops series with Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Daniel

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The 2009 National Queer Arts Festival presents:

Mythic Women, a celebration of small presses

Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 7:30pm

LGBT Center, Ceremonial Room

1800 Market St., San Francisco CA

Tickets: $12-$20 suggested (no one turned away at door)

http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/QFest09/MythicWom.html

Go to http://s727.photobucket.com/albums/ww277... for a slideshow of the performers!

Celebrate the release of Maiana Minahal’s (Civil Defense Press) and C

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I’m reading at the Leimert Park Village Book Festival in LA this Saturday at the Vision Theater, 1:50-2pm.

http://www.leimertparkbookfair.com/

I’m heading North to perform at 2 National Queer Arts Festival in San Francisco in June (info below). Please spread the word to any interested Bay area folks!

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***Please Forward Widely! Buy Your Tickets in Advance!***

The 2009 National Queer Arts Festival presents:

Testimoni

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Dear lovelies!

Thank you all for your love & support! I'm making an all-too brief trip to San Francisco where I'm excited to be reading with my talented writer friends at my SF book release party at Modern Times (info below). Also, one of my favorite things this past month has been watching my words come alive on the stage with six ridiculously talented actors under the direction of Majd Murad (info below).

Friday, May 29, 2009, 7:30pm
San Francisco Book Release Party!
with special guests Elmaz Abin

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