Podcast appearances and mentions of Chen Chen

Mandarin program with Jimmy and Chen Chen - 10th March 2025 by 98.5 ONE FM

Chen Chen talks about genre, creative writing pedagogy, race, and politics as he reflects on his two full-length poetry collections, When I Grow Up I Want To Be A List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions) and Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced An Emergency (BOA Editions). On the topic of contextual and cultural references, we discussed our displeasure of the general tendency to reference Wong Kar-wai purely for aesthetic reasons without critiquing the politics of nostalgia. 

Today's poem is Brooklyn is for Breakups by Chen Chen. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Myka Kielbon writes… “I have experienced a whole lot of life, and romance only forms threads of that life, woven into all the other moments. The threads are often short. They have loose ends. What I struggle with – what I've struggled with for years – is naming the importance of the relationships I've had with people that don't fit neatly into a category.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

This week, please join author Chen Chen and Associate Editor Sergio Lavandero as they discuss the article "LncRNA DCRT Protects Against Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Preventing NDUFS2 Alternative Splicing by Binding to PTBP1." For the episode transcript, visit:  https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20240920.99651

Last time we spoke about the first Jiangsu-Zhejiang War. Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin became swift rivals after the first Zhili-Fengtian War. The Zhili clique remained in control of Beijing and began bullying everyone into submission, trying to unify China under their thumb. Zhang Zuolin went to work reorganizing and retraining his army, for another war was looming over the horizon. Then in the southeast of China, conflict emerged between Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The Zhili backed Qi Xieyuan wanted to control Shanghai, which was under the control of Lu Yungxiang of the Anhui clique. The Anhui clique were on the death bed, Zhejiang was the last province under their control, thus he elected to fight for it. Lu Yungxiang sought help from anyone who possibly could help him, such as Zhang Zuolin and Dr Sun Yat-Sen, but little did he know but he was contributing to a much larger war.    #105 the Second Zhili-Fengtian War Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. Hello again, so after the first Zhili-Fengtian war of 1922, the Zhili warlords seized control over Beijing. Cao Kun bribed his way into the presidency as Zhang Zuolin licked his wounds and went back to Manchuria where he rebuilt his entire army. Zhang Zuolin appointed Yang Yuting as inspector general of the Mukden arsenal and Wang Yintai as director of the department of materials. He began purchasing more Renault FT tanks, increased his military production, now seeing 150 artillery pieces, 1000 machine guns, 60,000 rifles, 100,000 artillery shells and 600,000 rifle rounds pumping out of factories annually. He increased his navy and airforce, naming his son Zhang Xueliang as director of the aviation office. He purchased German and Italian aircraft, nearing 300 planes within 4 groups. Air bases and fields were built alongside naval headquarters and training schools in places like Harbin. To improve communications, additional water and coal supply stations were built in Suizhong, Xingcheng and Dayaogou so he could rapidly deploy troops via rail. Roads were further developed to increase transportation in areas without rail, each army was given wire communications such as telegraph or telephone lines, linking them to their general HQ's. Radio communication units were also developed, radio stations were built in Shenyang, Harbin and Jin county. The Fengtian military was reformed. Commanders like Bao Deshan and Xu Changyou who were blamed for losing the first zhili-fengtian war were court-martialed and executed in the spring of 1923. The rising star, Dogmeat General Zhang Zongchang aided Zhang Zuolin by massively recruiting White Russians who brought over all sorts of expertise and skills. The White Russians were commanded by Konstantin Petrovich Nechaev, alongside them Zhang also hired Japanese units. The Fengtian army expanded to 27 brigades from its original 25, organized into 3 armies of 3 divisions. Each division had three brigades. The cavalry was expanded from three to four divisions, with three brigades forming a division and the rest attached to infantry divisions as cavalry companies. The artillery regiments expanded from 4 to 10. Each division consisted of three brigades with either an infantry brigade or a combined brigade, and every division had an engineering battalion and a transportation battalion attached. Combined brigades were bolstered with an engineering company and a transportation company. All said an done the strength of the Fengtian army totaled more than 250,000 troops, and its performance was significantly improved. The best troops were found in the 2nd Brigade, commanded by Zhang Xueliang, and the 6th Brigade, commanded by Guo Songling, and they were viewed as the model units of the Fengtian army. The catalyst for what would be known as the second Zhili-Fengtian War, occurred on September 3rd of 1924, the first Jiangsu-Zhejiang War. When Lu Yungxiang of Zhejiang refused to cede administration of Shanghai to Qi Xieyuan, both Zhang Zuolin and Dr. Sun Yat-sen pledged to defend the neutrality of Zhejiang and end pulling everyone into a larger war. On September 4th, Dr Sun Yat-Sen held a meeting at his mansion in Guangzhou. There he announced he would assist Zhejiang to preserve Guangdong, thus he was enacting the Northern Expedition. His plan for the northern expedition was to first attack Jiangxi, after it was conquered next was Anhui. From there his KMT forces would link up with the Zhejiang forces, near the Jinpu road where they could march north to take Beijing. On September the 5th Dr Sun Yat-Sen publicly denounced Cao Kun and Wu Peifu and asked the people of Guangdong to work harder than they ever have so they could eliminate the warlords and China could be ruled by her people again. On September the 4th, in response to the war in the southeast, Zhang Zuolin declared war on the Zhili clique on the grounds of being in an alliance with Zhejiang and Dr Sun Yat-Sen. He also denounced Cao Kun, bringing up his bribery scheme. Zhang Zuolin's statement, and forgive me its poorly translated went something like this. "Curse Cao Kun with Power who bribed congressmen, raising teeth and claws, and stole power. Cao Kun harms the people. Now I Zhang Zuolin in charge of Manchuria and her people, and who is loyal to the people, and  is duty-bound will lead the three armies to wipe out the thieves." On September the 9th, Duan Qirui added his voice in a telegram against Cao Kun accusing him "of not knowing who the country and the people are, what ethics, justice and integrity are and unleashing four provinces to attack Zhejiang, excluding dissidents, hurting innocent people, and greedy for his own dignity. You have committed a heinous sin, and you have gone too far. How can you survive? The virtuous and powerful people in the world, who have great responsibilities for a while, will definitely be able to do their duty and act bravely when they see justice." On the 15th of September, Zhang Zuolin issued another telegram to Cao Kun, in the form of an ultimatum "This year natural disasters are prevalent and hungry people are everywhere. I have tried to say that attacking Zhejiang is wrong, and I have the strength to respond in favor of peace. However, the ink has not yet dried. Yet at the same time, the Zhili marched into Fengtian, detained Shanhaiguan trains, and blocked traffic. What was the purpose of this? In recent years, Cao Kun has been a puppet of Wu Peifu, which has caused public resentment. The impossibility of a military expedition is evident from the successive defeats of the Zhili army. We planned to send another envoy, but the train traffic has been cut off and we cannot enter Beijing. Therefore, we wait for the final answer." Indeed on September the 13th suddenly all the trains running along the Beijing-Fengtian railway stopped on Zhili orders. The war in Zhejiang had provided Wu Peifu with the occasion to force a showdown with Zhang Zuolin. Wu Peifu felt confident he would win. Wu Peifu had mobilized over a quarter of a million troops, divided into 3 armies. Wu Peifu trusted his military abilities and felt his subordinates were loyal to him, he was highly mistaken in that last part.  It would turn out, the christian general, Feng Yuxiang had major grievances. If you remember from the last episode, when ordered to attack Lu Yungxiang, Feng Yuxiang had refused. Instead Feng Yuxiang weaved a web, he pulled Wang Huaiqing to his side, the Beijing garrison commander Sun Yueh and Hu Qingyi. He complained to them about his army being slighted in the distribution of munition and supplies and he would move his troops very slowly out of Beijing when the war began. As it turned out, secret negotiations had been made. Zhang Zuolin's son Zhang Xueliang in the spring of 1923 had sent a letter to Feng Yuxiang and then his most trusted lt, Fu Xingpei to Beijing to secretly meet with him. Fu Xingpei met with Feng Yuxiang and his chief of staff Liu Ji at a secluded location in Nanyuan. The first meeting was brief, but fruitful as follow up meetings were made, now mediated through Duan Qiriu. Duan Qiriu brought the parties over to his residence in the Japanese quarter of Tientsin. There Feng Yuxiang was given a bribe between 1-2.5 million Japanese Yen. This bribe came from Zhang Zuolin's Japanese supplied war chest. Zhang Zuolin afterwards had every reason to believe Feng Yuxiang was in his pocket so he concentrated most of his forces around Shanhaiguan. The Zhili Cliques forces would come from the provinces of Henan, Shandong, Rehe (knowns as Jehol today), Chahar and Suiyuan. Meanwhile the Fengtian would have troops from Jilin, Heilongjiang and Fengtian. The 2nd war certainly exceed the first by a large margin and it would also involve battles over land, sea and air. The Zhili held an edge in numbers, but alienated generals would ultimately lose them the war. There was also an enormous technological gap between the Zhili and Fengtian armies. As I had mentioned the Fengtian had purchased a lot of western and Japanese weaponry and equipment. The Zhili clique also purchased western materials, but they were far behind the Fengtian army. Furthermore the Zhili clique had just experienced a series of small wars in Sichuan, Hunan, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong. Their troops were exhausted, lacked pay, and thus morale was not high. Zhang Zuolin's Fengtian army faced 4 major objectives to see the Zhili clique defeated. Ultimately they needed to capture Beijing and Tianjin. Yet to do so they first had to retake Shanhaiguan so their forces could enter Xujialing. Thus Zhang Zuolin would need to gather his forces near Shanhaiguan to capture it. This task fell to his 1st and 2nd army led by Jiang Dengxuan and Zhang Xueliang. If Shanhaiguan could not be taken, at least two brigades would be needed in the Qiansuo region, where a railroad station was roughly 20 kms east of Shanhaiguan. Once that region was secured, the main force could redeploy around Suizhong county for a second attempt against Shanhaiguan. Next the 2nd army would advance into Rehe, Yi County and Dayaogou. They would then take Chaoyang, Jianping, Chengde and Lingyuan. Most of this responsibility fell onto Zhang Zongchang's 3rd Combined Brigade and Li Jinglin's 1st Division. After they completed this they would enter the Lengkou pass and take Luanzhou. A Fengtian cavalry group would attack Rehe with the objective of taking Chifeng. The cavalry group would also cover the flank of other Fengtian forces and mop up the enemy left behind. If the situation arose, the Cavalry group could also attack along the Great Wall via the Xifengkou or Gubeikou pass. The Fengtian reserve forces would be deployed between Xingcheng and Suizhong to guard Jinzhou. The Fengtian air forces headquartered at Shenyang would mobilize 3 groups for the war effort under the direct command of the 1st and 2nd Armies known as the Combined Corps. Other air units would be deployed to Yi county under the command of Zhang Xueliang. Wu Peifu took the title of commander in chief and set up his headquarters in Sizhaotang. Wu Peifu made special arrangements for the battle; his 1st army led by Peng Shouxin would take an eastern route advancing along the Beijing-Fengcheng line to attack Liaoshen from Shanhaiguan; the 2nd army of Wang Huaiqing would advance along the middle route from Xikou to attack Rechao; and the third army of Feng Yuxiang would take the western route from Gubeikou to attack Kailu. Wu Peifu also had set up a commander in chief of maritime defense Zheng Shiqi stationed at Shandong and a naval commander in chief Du Xiui. His air force was organized into 4 groups stationed in Beidaihe, Luanxian, Chaoyang and the Zhili aviation department, over 70 aircraft in total.  On September the 14th, Zhang Zuolin as commander in chief of the Fengtian army led them down the border area. Likewise Wu Peifu did the same from Luoyang. On the 15th the 23rd Brigade of Li Shuangkai, part of Li Jinglin's 2nd army engaged the Zhili 4th battalion of Yijun Zhenbiao around Yizhou, Jiuguan and Taimen. This effectively kicked off the war. From there the war front would run from Chaoyang to Jidong, with major battles taking place in Rehe, Shanhaiguan, Chaoyang, Chifeng, Jiumenmen and Shimenzhai.  The Fengtian forces planned to unleash their offensive against Shanhaiguan once the initiative was won in Rehe. Therefore Zhang Zuolin personally led the battle in Rehe. The 1st Fengtian army divided into a north and south group. The southern group attacked from Beizhen, passing through Chaoyang and Lingyuang to enter Xifengkou with Wu Junsheng's cavalry as the main force. The north group ran from Tongliao to Kailu, then headed south to Chengde via Chifeng, then would launch an attack at the western part of Xifengkou.  The southern attack went pretty smooth as the Zhili army did not put up serious resistance. On the 16th the Fengtian forces seized Yizhou and Fuxin. After this they concentrated their attacks against Chaoyang. Liu Fufu defended Chaoyang with the Zhili 26th brigade of the 12th division, but he only put up a symbolic defense, quickly abandoning the city. On the 23rd Chaoyang was occupied by Fengtian forces who scoured the county. Meanwhile the northern group attacked Jianping, Lingyuan and Chifeng. During the battle for Lingyuan, the Fengtian encountered determined resistance from Zhili forces led by Wang Huaiqing and Dong Zhengguo. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the Fengtian managed to take the city. Simultaneously the 2nd Fengtian army forces led by Xu Lanzhou and Wu Guangxin attacked Chifeng. The battle for the city raged for a few days seeing Fengtian air forces bomb the city until October 8th when it was captured. The fall of Chifeng marked a decisive moment in the battle for Rehe, the Fengtian had taken the initiative. Now the leading Fengtian troops began a rapid advance towards Lengkou at the foot of the Great Wall. Both sides knew the entire battle depended on Shanhaiguan. The Zhili had heavily fortified it and following the loss of Rehe they continued to strengthen it. Wu Peifu dispatched Peng Shouxin to setup the defenses of Shanhaiguan. Zhang Zuolin had Jiang Dengxuan and Zhang Xueliang form a new headquarters near Shanhaiguan as Guo Songling led the 2nd and 6th Brigades to frontally attack it. As Guo Songling did so, Jiang Dengxuan  and his deputy commander Han Linchun led the 4th and 16th brigades to face the Zhili forces north of Jiumenmen. Small scale battles broke out on the 17th that gradually escalated. On the 29th and 30th, the Fengtian began unleashing artillery and aerial bombardment upon the Zhili positions between Shanhaiguan and Changli. During that process the Fengtian forces seized Wanjiatun, Longwang Temple, Yaojiazhuang and other towns. By October 4th the Fentgian army approached the position of the Zhili 15th division. On the 7th Zhang Zuolin issued a general attack order, sending Fengtian forces across the board. The first line of Zhili troops relied on the solid fortifications and fired back upon the advancing enemy. The Fengtian gradually turned their attention to the Jiumenmen Gate located at the northwest part of the Shanhaiguan pass. On the 8th Jiang Dengxuan personally led the 19th Brigade to attack the Haungtu Ridge on the northside of Jiumenmen. His forces quickly encircled Jiumenmen before the 2nd and 6th brigades stormed and occupied it. The fall of Jiumenmen severed demoralized the Zhili defenders whose lines began to waiver. The Fengtian began breaching lines, capturing Liyu, Waiyu, Xiangmayu and now outflanked Shanhaiguan. At this point a brigade was sent to attack Shimenzhai along the north side of Jiumentou. Shimenzhai is roughly 25 kms away from Shanhaiguan, if captured the Fengtian could use it as a springboard to attack Qinhuangdao, cutting off the Zhili armies line of retreat. In order to protect the line of retreat, Peng Shouxin organized a force to reinforce Shimenzhai. On the 11th, Wu Peifu came over to Shanhaiguan, while also inspecting Shimenzhai, Zhaojiayu, Shahezhai and other significant Zhili positions. Seeing Jiumenmen had fallen, Wu Peifu ordered forces to recapture it on the 14th. The Fengtian defenders there were put into a desperate battle to hold onto it. On the 15th, a Fengtian regiment led by Sun Xuchang broke through the Zhili defensive line. On the 16th the Fengtian forces surged through the breach and stormed Shimenzhai. The Zhili forces routed in the area allowing the Fengtian forces to quickly seize Liujiang. On the 17th Zheng Xizhen led the Zhili 6th brigade to reinforce the battlefield emerging north of Qinhuangdao. Now we need to take a step away from the battle, because a lot of things were happening all over the place, that would have a deep impact on the war. While all of this was going on in the far north, in the south, Dr Sun Yat-Sen personally led the KMT forces north to try and prevent Zhili commander Sun Chuanfang from reinforcing his Zhili comrades in the north. Yet like again, in a fashion that just kept recurring, an issue came about. The Guangzhou merchants corps and forces led loyal to Chen Jiongming began an uprising in Guangzhou. Sun Yat Sen was forced to turn his army back to quell the rebellion. As Sun Yat-Sen pulled back, Sun Chuanfang had brought his forces into Zhejiang and Shanghai.  Meanwhile another ploy on the part of Zhang Zuolin paid off big time. The christian general Feng Yuxiang who was commanding the Zhili 3rd army began making some trouble. When the Zhili 2nd army suffered its initial defeat, Wang Huaiqing sent word asking for help from Feng Yuxiang. Instead he ordered his 3rd army to stay put at the Gubeikou pass.  Now back in the battle Wu Peifu had come to the front lines and was taking charge of operations. Zhili reinforcements arrived from Henan and Shanxi led by Zhang Fulai and began helping a counter attack against Shimenzhai. The Fengtian defenders also reinforced their lines, with Jiang Dengxuan taking command of the front lines personally. Despite the reinforcements, the Fengtian defenses were beginning to crumble, their casualties mounting. At the same time the main Fengtian forces were fighting at Shanhaiguan, failing to make progress. Then the Fengtian army received unconfirmed intelligence from the Japanese, that the Zhili clique had enlisted the Zhengji shipping company to use 13 transports to move 4 divisions directly into the rear of the Fengtian forces via the Taku Forts. The Japanese intelligence did not indicate where the landings would be made however. The Fengtian commanders believed it was possibly Yingkou or Huludao, perhaps both. Many Fengtian commanders called for deploying the general reserve as a rear guard, but the deputy chief of the general staff, Fu Xingpei opposed the idea, claiming the Jiumenkou sector required them. Yang Yuting the chief of the general staff worried the terrain of Jiumenkou was far too narrow and restrictive to deploy such large number of troops. Finally Zhang Zuolin ended the debate by ordering the General Reserve, under the command of Zhang Zuoxiang to rush to Jiumenkou. Despite committing the General reserve, things did not improve. In fact some interpersonal problems emerged. Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling had secretly redeployed 8 infantry regiments and two artillery brigades from Shanhaiguan to the Jiumenkou sector. These units were to be led by Guo Songling, but the artillery battalion commander, Yan Zongzhou, a classmate of Guo Songling was removed from command by the artillery regiment commander Chen Chen. Upon hearing the news from Yan Zongzhou, enraged Guo Songling removed Chen Chen of command and gave it back to Yan Zongzhou. However Jiang Dengxuan and Han Linchun had given approval to Chen Chen when he asked to remove Yan Zongzhou, so now they were embarrassed. They then complained to Zhang Zuolin about Guo Songling's actions. Zhang Zuolin ordered both Chen Chen and Yan Zongzhou to go back to their original commands, and this only pissed off Guo Songling more. Like a kindergarten aged child Guo Songling took his 8th infantry regiment out of the battlefield and retreated to the rear. Zhang Xueliang then hunted him down and smooth-talked him to come back and engage the enemy. This entire stupid situation could have very well cost them the battle, fortunately it happened at night and the Zhili army none the wiser did not exploit the situation.  Back over in the Rehe front, Zhang Zongchang stormed the Lengkou pass against 4 Zhili divisions; the 9th led by Dong Zhengguo, the 20th led by Yan Zhitang, the 1st Shaanxi division led by Hu Jingyi and the 23rd led by Wang Chengbin. Unfortunately Wang Chengbin and Hu Jingyi had formed a pact with Feng Yuxiang and literally stepped aside during Zhang Zongchangs attack. To add insult to injury, Yan Zhitang and Dong Zhengguo hated each other and each held back to preserve their own strength. Again in the warlord era, petty warlords would pull this kind of shit all the time. As Zheng Zongchangs forces attacked, basically everyone fled Lengkou. Seizing the opportunity Zhang Zongchang pushed even deeper into the enemy lines. It was around this time, word spread that the First Jiangsu-Zhejiang War had concluded in a Zhili victory, thus it seemed if Shanhaiguan was not taken swiftly, the Zhili would win the war.  Yet the dark horse that was General Feng Yuxiang struck. On October 22nd, Feng Yuxiang betrayed the Zhili Clique. Feng Yuxiang formed a truce with the Fengtian commander Li Jingling on the night of October 20th. He then suddenly withdrew 8000 troops of Wu Peifu's 3rd and 26th Divisions, leaving only 4000 men at their defensive lines. He took said troops and secretly stormed Beijing where he performed a coup against President Cao Kun. At midnight on October 23rd the commander of the Beijing guards, Sun Yueh admitted Feng Yuxiang and his men into Beijing. Together they seized control over  key government buildings and gates. Feng Yuxiang then forced Cao Kun to dismiss Wu Peifu from his military positions. stripped him of the presidency and placed him under house arrest. Afterwards Feng Yuxiang issued a public statement denouncing the civil war and urged the warlords to settle their differences via negotiations. Feng Yuxiangs subordinates then took control of the railway line between Tientsin and Shanhaiguan and the railway line at Changhsintian south of Beijing. Meanwhile Yan Xishan dispatched a force from Shanxi to seize the railway junction at Shihchiachuang, blocking any movement from Hunan along the Peking-Hankou railway. Thus Qi Xieyuan and Sun Chuanfang could no longer advance north to aid Wu Peifu. Back at the battle, Zhang Zongchang saw the thinning of the defensive lines when Feng Yuxiang pulled men out and stormed it alongside Li Jinglin. Their forces broke through and advanced south along the Luan River towards Luanzhou, then in the direction of Tianjin. They seized the train station at Luanzhou as Sun Xuchang's 10th Brigade captured Jiumenkou. The Fengtian cavalry then stormed the Xifengkou pass and pushed forward. By this point the Zhili morale had all but disappeared as news of Feng Yuxiang's coup in Beijing was spreading along the lines. Even cry baby Guo Songling, hearing the news, grabbed his force and performed an all out charge into the Zhili lines breaking through and advanced eastwards. Now cut off between Qinhuangdao and Shanhaiguan, on the 31st of October, many high ranking Zhili officers began fleeing via ships at Qinhuangdao. Countless Zhili forces were surrounded and began mass surrendering. Wu Peifu meanwhile fled first to Tianjin where he began frantically telegraphing Zhili armies in Jiangsu, Henan, Hubei and Zhejiang for help. Things got even worse, more railway lines were cut by Anhui clique members such as Zheng Shiqi in Shandong, Cangzhou and Machang. Likewise Zheng Shishangs cut lines of the Jinpu railway at Hanzhuang and even Yan Xishan came out of his turtle shell to cut the Jinghan railway line at Shijiazhuang. The Fengtian army overran Tangshan and Lutai asFeng Yuxiang's forces stormed Yangcun and Beicang, forcing Wu Peifu to flee to Junliangcheng. Then Duan Qiriu sent a message to Wu Peifu advising he should depart by sea. Completely surrounded with no allies, Wu Peifu fled with 2000 troops on the transport Huajia on November 3rd. He went to Tanggu where Sun Chuanfang defended him.  It had been the most impressive war of the warlord period to that point. Nearly 450,000 troops had been involved in a month-long war along the Great Wall area from Shanhaiguan to Beijing. The casualties are tough to estimate, perhaps 20-30,000 perished. After taking Beijing, Feng Yuxiang reorganized his forces in the 1st Guominjun army, hiring his co-conspirators such as Sun Yueh and Hu Chingyi who would eventually lead the 2nd and 3rd armies. On November 5th, Zhang Zuolin removed Emperor Puyi from the Forbidden City. Puyi went into exile in Tianjin where the Japanese would keep a close eye upon.  Zhang Zuolin, Feng Yuxiang and Duan Qiriu then met in Tianjin where they agreed to form a provisional government with Duan Qiriu as its figurehead. The choice of Duan Qiriu seemed to be palatable to everyone, including the remaining Zhili warlords in the Yangtze region. On December 9th, Duan Qiriu's government was recognized. Dr Sun Yat-Sen of course refused to recognize the new Beiyang government and would begin to flirt more with the CCP and their larger backer, the Soviet Union.  For now the Beiyang government, for whatever it was actually worth, remained in the hands of three players. Duan Qiriu who no longer possessed a strong army, Feng Yuxiang who had just shown himself to be quite a treacherous man and did not wield a very strong army and lastly Zhang Zuolin who now wielded the largest army in China, was backed by Japan and controlled vast sums of territory.  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. So the First Jiangsu-Zhejiang and Second Zhili-Fengtian Wars were now over. It seems Zhang Zuolin had just become king of the hill, but what did that mean for China? Would Zhang Zuolin pursue a policy of reunifying China? Would he expand south? Or would the chaos continue, what do you think?  

Millennials can't afford homes, but somehow, their younger siblings, Gen Z, can. Even with over a decade more work experience than Gen Z, Millennials still feel priced out of the housing market. So how can the younger generation, only twenty-seven years at the oldest, already be on track to beat Millennials in the homebuying race, all while mortgage rates and prices are high, inventory is low, and inflation is eating away at Americans' disposable income? We've got Redfin's Chen Zhao back on the show to explain. Today, we're trying to answer one question: Who is buying all the houses? With younger generations struggling to buy and more Baby Boomers aging in place, real estate investors want to know their competition and who they may be selling their homes to. In this episode, Chen breaks down the data behind age trends in homebuying, plus shares why Millennials fell behind past generations. But that's not all. We're getting into the changing landscape of the “buy vs. rent” debate and whether more renters now will mean fewer homebuyers in the future. Plus, with an aging Baby Boomer generation, will we finally see the “Silver Tsunami” of housing inventory hit the market as boomers “age in place,” especially with their large share of family-sized houses? Could our housing supply problems reverse if a sizable amount of inventory hits the market? We're answering it all coming up! In This Episode We Cover Why Millennials can't afford houses, and the reason so many still don't own homes How Gen Z is already on track to get ahead of Millennials even with today's economic turbulence Buying vs. renting a home and the “mismatch” between what renters want and what landlords supply A potential reversal of our massive housing shortage and when this could happen Whether or not the “Silver Tsunami” will hit the housing market as boomers get older How the increase of “aging in place” will affect home inventory as Gen Z/Millennials try to buy And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Agent BiggerPockets Bootcamps Join BiggerPockets for FREE On The Market Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Connect with Other Investors in the “On The Market” Forums Subscribe to The “On The Market” YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram Property Manager Finder On the Market 151 - The Math Behind Mortgage Rates and Why They're Staying Put Real Estate Podcast 867 - Zillow and Redfin Top Economists Give Their 2024 Housing Market Predictions Why Are Millennials So Behind in Homeownership?   Connect with Chen: Chen's LinkedIn Redfin News Redfin's “From Our Economists” Redfin Report: Gen Zers and Young Millennials Took Out 40% of U.S. Mortgages in 2023 Jump to topic: (00:00) Intro (01:03) Are Millennials Priced Out? (04:29) Millennials' Lost Decade (07:46) Gen Z is Getting Ahead (11:08) Is Homebuying Overrated?  (16:56) The Housing Shortage Could Reverse  (19:58) Boomers Ageing in Place  (25:20) Young People are STILL Buying!  Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/on-the-market-222 Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Notes and Links to Jesse Tovar's Work        For Episode 235, Pete welcomes Jesse Tovar, and the two discuss, among other topics, his role as editor and poet, influences and inspirations in his own work, digital collections and his dynamic Substack, themes in his poetry, what he looks for in submissions, and his co-sponsoring of the reading series “Voices of California.”        Jesse Tovar is the founding editor of Mobile Data Mag on Substack and Systemic Dreaming on Threads. Tovar's work can be found in various anthologies, including Zzyzx (Size-icks) Writerz Podcast.   Jesse's Substack-Mobile Data Mag   Jesse's Work with Los Angeles Literature   At about 2:25, Jesse discusses his early reading and relationship with the written word, and his bilingual childhood At about 6:20, Jesse talks about transformative and formative works for him At about 8:50, Jesse details his work at bookstore and promoting poetry  At about 11:00, Jesse cites Kazuo Ishiguro as a contemporary writer who inspires and thrills At about 12:20, Jesse talks about how Chen Chen has inspired his own Substack and his goals with the project At about 13:30, Pete and Jesse shout out Andrew Liu, a shared friend and standout  At about 14:10, Jesse describes the benefits of his digital journal  At about 15:30, Jesse responds to Pete's question about what it's like to be a submitter and a publisher At about 17:20, Pete and Jesse read and discuss a poem from his digital journal-by Sacred Mami At about 21:00, “Rackets and Grammy Origins,” a poem from Jesse, is read and explored At about 26:35, The two read and discuss “Inner City,” a piece by Jesse, emulating José Vadi's work for a prompt At about 33:15, Pete and Jesse discuss October 2024's “Voices of California, Part V,” set to be held at Medicine for Nightmares in San Francisco, the two shout out past guests and events, and shout out 2024's performers  At about 38:40, Poetry and activism as inseparable is discussed by the two At about 41:00, Jesse talks about upcoming projects At about 42:20, Jesse discusses his recent collection as “super niche” At about 43:10, Jesse shouts out his projects and contact info and social media At about 46:25, Libros in Lincoln Heights and Pages Against the Machine are shouted out      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.    I am very excited about having one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. A big thanks to Rachel León and Michael Welch at Chicago Review-I'm looking forward to the partnership! Look out for my interview with José Vadi, my most recent.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!       This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 236 with John Glionna, an award-winning journalist who has traveled the world as both a newspaperman and magazine writer; work has been included in such national anthologies as “Best American Sports Writing” and “Best Los Angeles Times Foreign Reporting”; author of No Friday Night Lights: Reservation Football on the Edge of America, was published today, June 1. The episode will go live today, June 1. Lastly, please go to https://ceasefiretoday.com/, which features 10+ actions to help bring about Ceasefire in Gaza.  

Today we are speaking with Chen Chen. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut and writes prolifically about how sport intersects with many troubling trends across the globe including environmental decline and increasing inequality of wealth and power.This episode begins with Chen's unique story that led him to these topics. Then we use his recent work on how the Dakar rally's time in South America was a prime example of environmental injustice and even ecological imperialism, as local communities and areas dense with biodiversity were given no say in how and where this event took place. We explore how this event embodies larger issues of resource exploitation, environmental degradation, and cultural erasure.We also discuss some alternative ways of engaging in community sports such as The World Indigenous Games and Field of Dreamers – Cooperative Softball Association.Support the showPlease feel free to reach out to the show onWeb: sustainingsport.comInstagram: @sustainingsportLinkedin: /sustaining-sportFacebook: @sustainingsportTwitter: @SustainSportPodDonate to our patreon.com/sustainingsportor contact us at: benmole@sustainingsport.com

Talking about show vs tell at the scene level is a little bit harder than talking about it at the paragraph and scene levels. But it's also a tiny bit easier. When you're looking for telling at this level of the story, what you're looking for is a couple of things: A butt ton of backstory. A butt ton of info dumps A lot of flashback. You can have bits of these things in your stories. Where us authors get into trouble is when we have a lot of it and we have a lot of it in telling language. So, that really happens when we do this: Bud Godzilla looked down on his sweet friend turned zombie. They'd been friends forever, so this hurt. Three page description of how they met – info dump or backstory Or: Bud Godzilla looked down on his sweet friend turned zombie. They'd been friends forever, so this hurt. Three page scene of how they met – flashback. You usually want to limit these places and instead sprinkle in action/dialogue/details throughout to help the readers understand that the characters have history or the world exists before the book begins. There's a balance between telling too much and too little. You want the reader to anticipate that something cool is going to happen or has happened, but you don't want to leave them confused or knowing way too much. You know how sometimes you'll be on the plane and the person will not stop talking for six hours about their boil, their aunts' piano obsessions, their dinner plans while you just want to finish watching the inflight movie? That's what happens with those paragraphs of backstory, flashbacks and info dumping. Everything is paused. The stakes are gone. And when that happens? You risk losing your reader completely. DOG TIP FOR LIFE Pogie says keep your eyes on the prize, my friend, and laugh. COOL WRITING EXERCISE TO MAX OUT YOUR SKILLS This comes from the Writing Cooperative and it's really about how to spot your info dump, which is an exercise. "Once you spot an info-dump, ask yourself the following questions: "How much of this information is it essential for the reader to know right now? Most of the information will not be essential. Be ruthless. Cut it out. "Of the information left — if any — how can I get the protagonist to do something which shows or implies the information? This may involve minor or major rewriting, but you do no-one any good by avoiding it. Rework or add scenes which convey the information through present situations and your protagonist's actions. "If the information is necessary, how can I use it to enhance the emotional effect of the scene? Key in on the emotional impact of the scene and if you must retain information that can't be shown or implied, look for ways to add it in a way that will have an emotional impact. ;But the woman you saw can't have been my mom, Angie. Mom died when I was a kid.'" PLACE TO SUBMIT The Blue Mountain Review launched from Athens, Georgia in 2015 with the mantra, “We're all south of somewhere.” As a journal of culture, the BMR strives to represent all life through its stories. Stories are vital to our survival. What we sing saves the soul. Our goal is to preserve and promote lives told well through prose, poetry, music, and the visual arts. We've published work from and interviews with Jericho Brown, Kelli Russell Agodon, Robert Pinsky, Rising Appalachia, Turkuaz, Michel Stone, Michael Flohr, Lee Herrick, Chen Chen, Michael Cudlitz, Pat Metheny, Melissa Studdard, Lyrics Born, Terry Kay, and Christopher Moore. bluemountainreview.submittable.com/submit SHOUT OUT! The music we've clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. Here's a link to that and the artist's website. Who is this artist and what is this song? It's “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free. WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome. We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie's Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here. Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot! Subscribe LINKS WE REFERENCE https://gizmodo.com/another-ufo-report-is-a-bust-so-why-do-so-many-people-1851331674 https://www.singularfortean.com/news/2024/3/7/search-for-crashed-object-is-one-of-the-largest-ufo-search-operations-in-the-history-of-norway-investigator-says

Isabel Münter runs a Chess Club in New York City called Pawn Chess Club with Simone Robert, where they've had chess clubs at your favorite haunts like Casetta, Casino, and Metrograph. Isabel also runs Homes + Studios with Rachael Yaeger, which is an archive of artists' homes and studios and architectural gems around the world, most of which you can visit. Past studio visits include Chen Chen & Kai Williams, Daniel Arnold, Landon Metz, and more. Can't forget to mention that Isabel Münter does the Business Development and Operations over at garden3D part of Sanctuary Computer. All levels welcome. Please welcome Isabel Münter to Wear Many Hats. ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/ismuisamu instagram.com/pawnchessclub instagram.com/homesandstudios ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/wearmanyhatswmh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/rashadrastam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rashadrastam.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wearmanyhats.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Author of the book “Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation,” Anastasia Kidd (she/her) is starting a movement inviting Christians to examine their own biases against fatness and embrace a more abundant gospel rooted in anti-oppression. She shares how hundreds of years ago, the church began implementing practices of control and power to have ownership over our bodies and how that has had lasting harm. Anastasia invites us all to become unrepentant fatties in this conversation. Anastasia Kidd is a pastor, educator, storyteller, and fat activist who studies how Christian colonialism helped establish structural anti-fatness in U.S. society and beyond. She believes that identifying with unrepentant fatness can help undermine all that is wrong with the world by reconnecting humanity with the abundance of nature, practicing sustainable communal relationships, and cultivating beautiful and pleasurable ethics. Connect with Anastasia on her website and Instagram. This episode's poem is by Chen Chen and is called “God, Gods, Power, Lord, Universe.”Sophia Apostol, the host of Fat Joy, has started the Fat Joy newsletter where you'll get behind-the-scenes info on guests, hot takes, and top recommendations for all things fat joy. As a thank you for subscribing to the Fat Joy newsletter, you'll get immediate access, for free, to 55 videos that only paid supporters have been able to see until now. These minisodes were recorded after Sophia & her guest finished the main interview and Sophia asked them 10 unexpected questions for “Some Extra Fat Joy.” Should you want to support the Fat Joy podcast financially, you can become a paid subscriber of the Fat Joy newsletter and receive subscriber-only content from Sophia. You can connect with Fat Joy on the website, Instagram, and YouTube (full video episodes here!). Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.

Today's guest is a poet named Iona Lee, who I was lucky enough to meet at Glastonbury a few months ago. One night I was in a queue for an event, and Iona mentioned that she was about to publish her first collection of poems. Obviously, that peaked my interest and when I asked her if she would be willing to recite a poem, she delivered a really authentic, amazing performance, right there in the queue. Iona generously shared with me a copy of her book, a collection of poems with the title “Anamnesis” which is an Ancient Greek word for recollection, especially a recollection of a previous life, it means an “unforgetting”. And I liked this collection a lot. For starters, I love anything that evokes memory and remembrance, but also I appreciate eclectic approaches to literature, and this collection is definitely that: eclectic. It weaves between classical & contemporary subjects, it's playful and creative in the structure of the poems and above all, it feels really authentic, like this poet is putting her feelings, emotions and perhaps memories out there, which is what we ask of artists.  I was so excited to speak to Iona about how she gets inspired, her path as an artist and what she recommends in the poetry world.  Here is the list of books mentioned throughout the episode: Her favourite poetry collections: “Glass, Irony and God”, by Anne Carson (1995) “Shine Darling” by Ella Frears (2020) “Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals” by Patricia Lookwood (2014) “When I Grow Up I Want To Be A List of Further Possibilities” by Chen Chen (2017) Her favourite book that I've never heard of: “Forests: The Shadow of Civilization” by Robert Pogue Harrison, (1992) Her favourite book of the last 12 months: “The Dangers of Smoking in Bed” by Mariana Enríquez (2009) Her most disappointing book in the last 12 months: “The Passion of New Eve”, by Angela Carter The book she would take to a desert island: “The Encyclopedia Britannica” The book that changed her mind: “Where Are The Women?” by Sara SheridanFollow me ⁠⁠⁠@litwithcharles⁠⁠⁠ for more book reviews and recommendations!

Two distinguished guests, Lisa Coplit, MD and Ruth Chen RN, PhD, join the Faculty Factory Podcast this week for a discussion on podcasting itself, and its greater role in educating faculty. Dr. Chen is Assistant Dean for Faculty Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Dr. Coplit is a general internist and serves as Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Medical Sciences at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University (QU Netter). Learn More Email: Dr. Coplit: Coplit@quinnipiac.edu Email Dr. Chen: Chen@mcmaster.ca Email Dr. Skarupski: kskarupski@jhmi.edu  Revisit Dr. Coplit's first appearance on our podcast: https://facultyfactory.org/lisa-coplit/ Listen to the Told Me Podcast here: https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/told-me/ How to Podcast Resources How to Podcast When You Aren't Tech Savvy How to Start a Podcast: A Complete Step-by-Step Tutorial How to Create a Podcast for Beginners

Today, Lauren interviewed the team from Nexus. Konstantin started investing 10 years ago. You get more from your money when you invest it vs let it sit in a bank account. He's become fascinated by the numbers behind investing. When it comes to the culture around investing, many people think investing is inherently complicated. Index funds are not complicated and are a great place for new investors to start. You don't have to day trade or read earnings calls. Should there be a foundation set before investing in index funds? Yes – some knowledge. Once you start learning, you realize it's pretty risky not to invest. What else should you do before investing? Simple – you need to know what your short-, mid-, and long-term goals are. Another part of foundation setting, other than knowledge and goal setting, is your emergency fund. Chen-Chen answers how large they should be and if/where it should be invested. Lauren's is in a High Yield Savings Account (HYSA). Emergency funds should be liquid. If you liked this episode, you may also like episode 56, simple financial advice with Jrod. Sponsored by: https://home.nexushq.com/ About Konstantin Weitz: Konstantin grew up in Germany, and met his wife during a high school exchange in Alaska. He received a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Washington. In his 4 years at Google, he saved enough to reach financial independence and work on one of his passions - changing the culture around investing and financial literacy. Konstantin is now the CEO, Investment Advisor Representative, and Chief Compliance Officer of Nexus. When he's not changing the culture around investing, he's spending time with his 4 kids, aged 5, 4, 3, and 10 months.  About Chen-Chen Hou: Chen-Chen spent almost 30 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, graduating from UC Berkeley. He spent two years as a management consultant, and then started and sold a restaurant chain aimed specifically at the growing trend of food delivery. Chen-Chen and Konstantin met through their common investor Y Combinator. He joined the Nexus team because he saw the gravity of the problem that Nexus solves, and the beauty in the simplicity of the product. He was fortunate enough to have parents that drilled the value of long-term investing into his brain from an early age. He's also a bar owner in San Francisco. Connect with Nexus: Landing Page: https://www.nexushq.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/joinnexushq TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ccfromnexus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ccfromnexus Connect with Lauren: https://twitter.com/AdultingIsEasy https://www.instagram.com/adultingiseasyreal/ https://www.housemoneymedia.com/

She's a filmmaker, feminist, artist, writer -- impossible to pin down, a connoisseur of multitudes. Paromita Vohra joins Amit Varma in episode 339 of The Seen and the Unseen to shoot the breeze and share her thoughts on Covid, relationships, the garden of consent, how being a misfit can be liberating and what she means by Poetic Feminism. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Paromita Vohra on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, IMDb and Parodevi Pictures. 2.  Paromita Vohra's column archives in Mid-Day. 3. Agents of Ishq. 3. Films, Feminism, Paromita -- Episode 155 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Paromita Vohra). 4. Unlimited Girls (95 mins). 5. Partners in Crime (95 mins). 6. Paromita Vohra interviewed by The Third Eye. 7. Empire of the Sun -- Steven Spielberg. 8. Simple Recipes for Complicated Times -- Peter Griffin's Facebook group. 9. Tsunami Help and Cloudburst Mumbai. 10. Feeding the Hungry in the Pandemic — Episode 210 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ruben Mascarenhas). 11. The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri — Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen. 12. Chekhov's Gun. 13. Natasha Badhwar Lives the Examined Life — Episode 301 of The Seen and the Unseen. 14. Padosan and Kashmir Ki Kali. 15. The Life and Times of Shanta Gokhale — Episode 311 of The Seen and the Unseen. 16. One Foot on the Ground — Shanta Gokhale. 17. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus — John Gray. 18. What Makes Women Happy -- Fay Weldon. 19. The Loneliness of the Indian Woman — Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya). 20. The Loneliness of the Indian Man — Episode 303 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Nikhil Taneja). 21. Asterix, Tintin, Phantom and Mandrake. 22. Midnight's Children -- Salman Rushdie. 23. Shame -- Salman Rushdie. 24. Amitav Ghosh on Amazon. 25. Anjali Arondekar on Amazon and her own website. 26. Sex, Law, and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891–1937 -- Ishita Pande. 27. Indian Sex Life -- Durba Mitra. 28. The Looking-Glass Self. 29. The Four Quadrants of Conformism — Paul Graham. 30. Miss Excel on Instagram and TikTok. 31. How an Excel Tiktoker Manifested Her Way to Making Six Figures a Day — Nilay Patel. 32. Tokyo is the new Paris -- Noah Smith. 33. Maximum City -- Suketu Mehta. 34. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai — Karan Johar. 35. Supermen of Malegaon -- Faiza Ahmad Khan. 36. The Overton Window. 37. The Indianness of Indian Food — Episode 95 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vikram Doctor). 38. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen. 39. Stage.in. 40. On Exactitude in Science — Jorge Luis Borges. 41. On Uniform Civil Code, intent matters -- GN Devy. 42. Past Lives --  Celine Song. 43. Joseph Fasano on Twitter. 44. Imaginary Number — Vijay Seshadri. 45. Therigatha: Poems of the First Buddhist Women -- Translated by Charles Hallisey. 46. Early Indians — Episode 112 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Tony Joseph). 47. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From — Tony Joseph. 48. Why Children Labour (2007) -- Amit Varma. 49. The Life and Times of Urvashi Butalia — Episode 287 of The Seen and the Unseen. 50. Manjima Bhattacharjya: The Making of a Feminist -- Episode 280 of The Seen and the Unseen. 51. Roots -- Alex Haley. 52. Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don't Have To — David Sinclair. 53. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity -- Peter Attia. 54. Chronicle of a Summer -- Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin. 55. Chaalbaaz -- Pankaj Parashar. 56. Topsy-Turvy -- Mike Leigh. 57. Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency -- Chen Chen. 58. i love you to the moon & -- Chen Chen. 59. Chen Chen on Instagram. 60. Rajendra Krishan on Wikipedia, IMDb and Rekhta. 61. Pyar Ke Jahan Ki Nirali Sarkar Hai -- Song from Patang, written by Rajendra Krishan. 62. Ga Ga Ga Gori Gori -- Baba Sehgal. 63. Ek Thi Ladki -- Roop Shorey. 64. Lara Lappa Lara Lappa -- Song from Ek Thi Ladki. 65. The Incredible Curiosities of Mukulika Banerjee — Episode 276 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mukulika Banerjee). 66. Regrets, None -- Dolly Thakore. 67. Timepass: The Memoirs of Protima Bedi -- Protima Bedi. 68. Joan Didion on Amazon. 69. The Odd Woman and the City — Vivian Gornick. 70. We Should All Be Feminists -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 71. Fearless Freedom -- Kavita Krishnan. Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new video podcast. Check out Everything is Everything on YouTube. Check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free! Episode art: ‘The Dance of Life' by Simahina.

I've arrived in New York, it's my favourite city and the ideal place to get a new perspective on the Togo. Just like in Los Angeles, the Americans here are French design and yéyé music lovers, in other words : the French touch! The Pratt Institute, one of the best design schools in the world, is located in Brooklyn. Is the Togo an object of study for future designers? An inspiration?In this episode, we're wandering around the campus with Anita Cooney, the Dean of the Pratt Institute's School of Design, SherylKazak, design teacher, and Chen Chen, a former Pratt student who's now a designer. In Paris, we're meeting with renowned historian Michel Pastoureau who analyses the colour trends from the 1970s up until today.Lost for words? Follow my journey and find all these personalities on my own map of Togo!‘Sofa, Looking for Togo' is an adventure and an investigation to try to understand this worldwide success a little better. How did this sofa become such an iconic, inescapable piece of design? Why does everyone want it? What's its secret? My name is Aurélie Sfez, I'm a journalist and I make documentaries. Come with me on a journey to look for Togo and we'll see where it leads…Credits :Written and hosted by Aurélie Sfez. Edition : Charles de Cillia, assisted by Paul Lambert de Cursay. Creative Director : Emmanuel Minelle. Coordination, Copy Editing : Fanny Giniès. Translation : Elsa Najar & Dawn Cornelio. Adaptation : Marc Valenduc, Romain Lefebvre & Julien Sabourin. Voice-over : Kathryn Atkins, Ella Perrin, Richard Doust, Roman Facerias-Lacoste & Eli Finberg. Original music : Aurélie Sfez & Charles de Cillia, mixed by Stéphane “Alf” Briat. Graphic identity : Pierre Manas. Illustrations : Béatrice Bloomfield, Floating Studio. Production : Radio K7 Creative. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 191 Notes and Links to Sarah's Work       On Episode 191 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Sarah Fawn Montgomery, and the two discuss, among other things, her early reading and writing, storytelling, growing up in Central California, the ways in which blue-collar Americans have been depicted-or not depicted in literature, and salient themes in her essay collection, like nostalgia, father-daughter relationships, cycles of poverty and violence and trauma, and evolving ideas of home.      Sarah Fawn Montgomery is the author of Halfway from Home (Split/Lip Press, 2022), Quite Mad: An American Pharma Memoir (The Ohio State University Press, 2018) and the poetry chapbooks Regenerate: Poems of Mad Women (Dancing Girl Press, 2017), Leaving Tracks: A Prairie Guide (Finishing Line Press, 2017), and The Astronaut Checks His Watch (Finishing Line Press, 2014). Her work has been listed as notable in Best American Essays many times, and her poetry and prose have appeared in Brevity, Crab Orchard Review, DIAGRAM, Electric Literature, LitHub, New England Review, The Normal School, Passages North, Poetry Foundation, The Rumpus, Southeast Review, Terrain, and numerous other journals and anthologies. She holds an MFA in creative writing from California State University-Fresno and a PhD in English in creative writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Associate Professor at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.      Buy Halfway from Home: Essays   Sarah's Website   Review of Halfway from Home: Essays from Kirkus Review   Split Rock Review-Review of Halfway from Home   At about 2:20, Sarah talks about her early relationships with reading and writing, and about how she wanted to write stories about often-overlooked working-class people   At about 4:20, Sarah cites some early favorite books and writers, and she analyzes the ways she reads a favorite, Joan Didion, now differently than she did then   At about 7:00, The two discuss class and how it is talked about in our society (or not) and represented in literature    At about 9:00, Sarah discusses how she got excited about writing-she shouts out to a high school teacher who gave a meaningful and transformative journal assignment and invited Sarah to keep writing   At about 13:00, Sarah references nonfiction writers who thrilled her in college-like Audre Lorde, Sandra Cisneros, and Jamaica Kincaid-and thrill her today, like Chen Chen, Ada Limón, Donika Kelly, Saeed Jones, Dorothy Chan, and torrin a. greathouse     At about 14:40, Sarah recounts the genesis of her Halfway From Home collection and answers Pete's questions about making the individual essays cohere   At about 17:40, Pete summarizes the book's first essay and its “dig sites” and focus on her father's whimsy and her love of dirt-it's called “Excavation”    At about 19:00, Sarah speaks to the significance of “excavation” in the first story and beyond   At about 21:00, Pete compliments the story's “imagined ending” and Sarah speaks about its significance and background    At about 23:25, Sarah discusses the power and symbolism of fire and light, cold and darkness, as featured in her book   At about 26:10, The two discuss ideas of homes, serenity, and respite from traumas and chaos   At about 31:30, The two discuss her essay on cartography   At about 35:40, Pete muses   At about 37:00, The history of Sarah's family in mines is discussed, along with the multiple meanings of “descendants”   At about 40:50, Sarah talks about “complicating humanity,” especially with regards to her grandfather and grandmother   At about 42:15, Pete asks about the end of an essay and how Sarah approached its second-person address   At about 44:20, The two discuss nostalgia and its connections to the essays, the intriguing concept of saudade, and nostalgia's history as something to be discouraged   At about 48:35, Pete recounts how nostalgia has informed the podcast's ethos   At about 50:45, Sarah confesses to being “anti-time” (!) and the two reference a classic Saved by the Bell scene   At about 54:45, Cycles of violence as depicted in the essay are examined   At about 56:45, Sarah reflects on how she sees and saw he father throughout her collection and in more recent times   At about 1:01:00, Pete notes the ways in which women in Sarah's family are portrayed in her collection    At about 1:02:30, Pete compliments a beautiful scene with father and daughter and Sarah talks about the nostalgia associated with parents and childhood-Pete    At about 1:04:45, Sarah shares an interesting new project involving combatting ableist writing as default    At about 1:05:50, The two fan boy/girl over Alice Wong's work   At about 1:06:15, Sarah shouts out her publisher Split Lip Press as a place to buy her book   At about 1:06:45, Sarah gives out social media/contact information    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    NEW MERCH! You can browse and buy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChillsatWillPodcast    This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.    Please tune in for Episode 192 with Donovan X Ramsey. He is a journalist, author, and indispensable voice on issues of identity, justice, and patterns of power in América; When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era comes out on June 11, i.e. the day this episode with Sarah has been published.  The episode will air on July 18.

Chen Chen is Assistant Professor of Sport Management in the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education. He is the absurdly published author of seemingly countless high quality academic journal articles that interrogate the themes of capitalism, racism, imperialism, and settler colonialism both in the discipline of sport management and in high-performance sport. In this second instalment of our two-part series with Chen Chen on sport management, we delve into the question of how the discipline is complicit in the reproduction of racism, colonialism, and the exploitation of international students in the context of its fundamental commitments to a capitalist project. You can follow Chen Chen on Twitter @cchenDr

Chen Chen is Assistant Professor of Sport Management in the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education. He is the absurdly published author of seemingly countless high quality academic journal articles that interrogate the themes of capitalism, racism, imperialism, and settler colonialism both in the discipline of sport management and in high-performance sport. In this episode, Derek and Nathan are joined by Chen Chen to answer the question, what's the deal with sports management? In the first part of our conversation, Chen Chen explains the disciplinary orientation and history of the field and then we jump into a discussion of the political economy and epistemology of sports management as a project intimately linked to the reproduction of capitalism. You can follow Chen Chen on Twitter @cchenDr

Chen Chen reads a poem by Justin Chin and "The World's Italianest Resturant" from Chen's new book, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (BOA Editions, 2022); the poem first appeared in bath magg (bathmagg.com/chenchen2/). In this special longer episode, Chen Chen shares (in conversation with Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno) his reflections on the importance of libraries being for everybody and standing against censorship. Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Chen Chen's second book, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency, has been selected as a best book of 2022 by the Boston Globe, Electric Lit, NPR, and others. It has also been named a 2023 Notable Book by the American Library Association. His debut, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, was long-listed for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. A 2022 United States Artists Fellow, his work appears in many publications, including The New York Times and three editions of The Best American Poetry.  Text of today's original poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language.  Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog.  Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for this third year of our series is AIDS Ward Scherzo by Robert Savage, performed by pianist Daniel Baer. Queer Poem-a-Day is supported by generous donations from the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library and the Deerfield Fine Arts Commission. 

We interview Caleb Nichols about his experience growing up with many adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and how he has turned those experiences into art through his writing and music.Caleb Nichols is a queer poet and musician from California. His chapbook of poems "TEEMS///RECEDES" was called "a gorgeous abundance" by Chen Chen, and his music has been featured and shared by places like Paste and Out Magazine. Caleb is a PhD candidate in Creative and Critical Writing at Bangor University in Wales where he's writing about queer ecopoetics in contemporary poetry, films, and media. Follow us on Instagram.Check out our bonus YouTube content.Latchkey Urchins & Friends website.Audio mastering by Josh Collins.Song "One Cloud is Lonely" by Próxima Parada.Cover art by Claire Dierksen.

While the title of this episode is controversial, the point of the Nexus APP and the message of Konstantin Weitz and Chen-Chen Huo shouldn't be. We accept exceedingly low returns on our savings account. Is there a way to do better? What are the risks? The benefits? We discuss liquidity, SVB, and investing in your savings account. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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April 3, 2023 - "Doctor's Note" By Chen Chen, Read By Casey Mears by The Desmond-Fish Public Library & The Highlands Current, hosted by Ryan Biracree

On Our Minds host Ashley interviews one of her all-time favorite poets, Chen Chen. They talk about poetry, identity and sexuality and then Chen Chen reads us one of his favorite poems, called "Study Abroad, Hefei, China." This episode was produced and edited by Rawan Elbaba, with help from Lead Podcast Producer Briget Ganske. Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudentReportingLabs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/reportinglabs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studentreportinglabs/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reportinglabs 

What happens when a designer pushes the boundaries of creative expectations and ventures into artistic territory? In this episode of The Mic, Debbie Millman is joined by Chen Chen and Kai Williams, and Giovanni Valdeavillano of Studio POA to explore how designers who work with traditional materials like clay, metal, and wood can turn an utilitarian object into something extraordinary. Tune in to hear about how Chen and Kai collaborate in the studio with a sense of humor, how Gio's parents inspired him to explore craft and furniture making, and find out how Studio POA got its name.

Join Chris in conversation with Kemi Alabi, author of Against Heaven (Graywolf Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Kemi Alabi is the author of Against Heaven (Graywolf Press, 2022), selected by Claudia Rankine as winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. Their poems and essays appear in the Atlantic, Poetry, the Nation, Boston Review, the BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2, Best New Poets 2019, and elsewhere. Selected by Chen Chen as winner of the 2020 Beacon Street Poetry Prize, Kemi has received Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Brittle Paper Award nominations along with fellowships from MacDowell, Civitella Ranieri, Tin House and Pink Door. Kemi believes in the world-shifting power of words and the radical imaginations of Black queer and trans people. As cultural strategy director of Forward Together, they built political power with cultural workers of color through programs like Echoing Ida, a home for Black women and nonbinary writers, and annual art campaigns like Trans Day of Resilience. The Echoing Ida Collection, coedited with Cynthia R. Greenlee and Janna Zinzi, is available now from Feminist Press. Born in Wisconsin on a Sunday in July, Kemi now lives in Chicago, IL. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tpq20/support

On November 1, 2022 the Lannan Center hosted a reading and talk featuring writer Chen Chen and moderated by Carolyn Forché. Chen Chen is the author of two books of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (BOA Editions, 2022) and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. His work appears in many publications, including Poetry and three editions of The Best American Poetry. He has received two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from Kundiman, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists. He was the 2018-2022 Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University and currently teaches for the low-residency MFA programs at New England College and Stonecoast. He lives with his partner, Jeff Gilbert, and their pug, Mr. Rupert Giles. Music: Quantum Jazz — "Orbiting A Distant Planet" — Provided by Jamendo.

Episode 148 Notes and Links to Chen Chen's Work       On Episode 148 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Chen Chen, and the two discuss, among other topics, his experience as a teacher, his early relationships with reading, writing, and multilingualism, those writers and writing communities who continue to inspire and encourage him, muses in various arenas, etymology, and themes like family dynamics, racism, beauty, and anger that anchor his work.      Chen Chen is an author, teacher, & editor His second book of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency, is out now from BOA Editions. The UK edition will be published by Bloodaxe Books (UK) in October. His debut, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA, 2017; Bloodaxe, 2019), was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. Chen is also the author of five chapbooks, including the forthcoming Explodingly Yours (Ghost City Press, 2023), and the forthcoming book of craft essays, In Cahoots with the Rabbit God (Noemi Press, 2024). His work appears in many publications, including Poetry, Poem-a-Day, and three editions of The Best American Poetry (2015, 2019, & 2021). He has received two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from Kundiman, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists.    He holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a PhD from Texas Tech University. He has taught in UMass Boston's MFA program and at Brandeis University as the 2018-2022 Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence. Currently he is core poetry faculty for the low-residency MFA programs at New England College and Stonecoast. With a brilliant team, he edits the journal Underblong; with Gudetama the lazy egg, he edits the lickety~split. He lives in frequently snowy Rochester, NY with his partner, Jeff Gilbert and their pug, Mr. Rupert Giles. Buy Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency   Chen Chen's Website   Interview with Chen Chen: “Chinatown Presents: Finding Home with Chen Chen”    Interview with Poetry LA from 2017   By Andrew Sargus Klein for Kenyon Review-"On Chen Chen's When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities"               At about 9:15, Chen responds to Pete asking about how he stays so prolific and creative by describing his processes and the idea of any muses or inspirations    At about 11:00, Chen describes “shed[ding] expectations” is or isn't “worthy” of poetry   At about 13:10, The two discuss books on craft and Chen gives more background on his upcoming book of craft essays   At about 16:10, Chen gives background on the Taiwanese Rabbit God and how his upcoming book was influenced by the idea, especially as presented in Andrew Thomas Huang's Kiss of the Rabbit God   At about 18:25, Chen explains his interest in the epistolary form, and how his upcoming work is influenced by Victoria Chang's Dear Memory and Jennifer S. Chang “Dear Blank Space,”    At about 22:30, Chen gives background and history in a macro and micro way for the use of the word “queer” and his usage and knowledge of Mandarin    At about 26:50, Chen describes the sizable influence of Justin Chin on Chen's own work   At about 28:25, Chen describes his early relationship with languages and explores how Mandarin and his parents' Hokkien may influence his writing    At about 34:55, Chen outlines what he read and wrote as a kid, including K.A. Applegate and The Animorphs and Phillip Pullman   At about 37:50, Chen responds to questions about motivations in reading fantasy and other works   At about 38:55, Chen highlights “chill-inducing” works and writers, such as Cunningham's The Hours    At about 41:30, Chen shouts Mrs. Kish and other formative writing teachers and talks about his early writing and the importance of “the interior voice”   At about 42:45, Pete wonders about how Chen's teaching informs his writing and vice versa   At about 45:20, Chen cites Marie Howe's “What the Living Do” and Rick Barot's During the Pandemic as some of his go-to's for teaching in his college classes   At about 48:20, Chen responds to Pete's question about teaching his own work   At about 49:50, Pete and Chen discuss the idea of muses and the writing community energizing-the two cite Bhanu Kapil and Mary Ruefle and the ways in which their philosophies are centered on mutual communication/conversation   At about 55:30, Chen highlights Muriel Leung and an enriching conversation and her unique perspective that led to “I Invite My Parents…”   At about 57:45, The two begin discussing Chen's Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency and its seeds   At about 1:00:40, Pete cites grackles as a motif, and Chen recounts memories of his time at Texas Tech and the Trump Presidency    At about 1:02:45, The two discuss the powerful poem “The School of Fury” and the themes of rage and powerlessness and racism; Pete cites a profound insight from Neema Avashia   At about 1:06:45, Pete cites some powerful lines from Chen's work and Chen makes connections   At about 1:08:20, Pete rattles off one of the longest titles known to man, “After My White Friends Say…” and Chen discusses ideas of identity and his rationale for the poem's title and structure   At about 1:11:30, Chen talks about exercises he does in class with Mary Jean Chan's Flèche    At about 1:12:10, The two discuss craft and structure tools used in the collection   At about 1:14:25, The two talk about family dynamics and the speaker's mother and her relationship with the speaker's boyfriend     At about 1:18:50, Pete cites lines that were powerful for “leaving things unsaid” and Chen expands on ideas of innocence and willful ignorance in his work   At about 1:22:30, The two discuss ideas of mortality, including the Pulse tragedy, familial connections, and the series of poems titled “A Small Book of Questions”   At about 1:24:10, Ideas of beauty of discussed from Chen's work   At about 1:25:15, Chen reads “The School of Fury” and the two discuss it afterwards   At about 1:29:40, Chen gives contact info and recommends Boa Editions as a place to buy his book and support independent publishers, and another good organization in Writers and Books, featuring Ampersand Bookstore     You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.  Please check out my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl to read about benefits offered to members and to sign up to help me continue to produce high-quality content, and a lot of it. The coming months are bringing standout writers like Justin Tinsley, Jose Antonio Vargas, Robert Jones, Jr., Allegra Hyde, Laura Warrell, and Elizabeth Williamson. Thanks for your support!    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. Please tune in for Episode 149 with Erika T. Wurth. Erika's highly-awaited literary-horror novel, White Horse, is forthcoming on November 1; she is a Kenyon and Sewanee fellow and an urban Native of Apache/Chickasaw/Cherokee descent. The episode will air on November 1, the publication date for White Horse.  

Episode 147 Notes and Links to Jonathan Escoffery's Work        On Episode 147 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Jonathan Escoffery, and the two discuss, among other topics, Jonathan's early relationship with language and literature, his initial interest in literature and viewing those works now as stereotypical and/or racist, his writing process and thoughts on varying points-of-view, the wild ride that has been recent weeks and months with the book receiving so many accolades, and themes of identity, race and racism, home, and of course, survival, in his linked story collection.        Jonathan Escoffery is the author of the linked story collection, If I Survive You, a National Book Award Nominee, a New York Times Editor's Choice, and an Indie National Bestseller. If I Survive You has been named a ‘best' or ‘most anticipated' book by Entertainment Weekly, Oprah Daily, Good Morning America online, Goodreads, BuzzFeed, Vulture, L.A. Times, Shondaland, TIME, The Root, Vanity Fair, Kirkus, The Millions, BET, O Quarterly Magazine, Real Simple, and elsewhere. His stories have appeared in The Paris Review, Oprah Daily, Electric Literature, Zyzzyva, AGNI, Pleiades, American Short Fiction, Prairie Schooner, Passages North, and elsewhere.     Jonathan has taught creative writing and seminars on the writer's life at Stanford University, the University of Minnesota, the Center for Fiction, Tin House, Writers in Progress, and at GrubStreet in Boston, where, as former staff, he founded the Boston Writers of Color Group, which currently has more than 2,000 members. He is a 2021-2023 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Buy If I Survive You   Jonathan Escoffery's Website   “Jonathan Escoffery Has a Reality He'd Like to Share,” from The New York Times,” by Kate Dwyer, from Sept. 4, 2022, about If I Survive You       At about 5:15, Jonathan discusses what it has been like to be in the middle of so much praise and recognition for his linked short-story collection    At about 7:00, Jonathan talks about “lots of love” coming from Miami, including from Books and Books   At about 7:50, Jonathan responds to Pete asking about his early relationship with language and literature   At about 10:10, Jonathan describes his parents' influence on him and Jamaica's influence on him   At about 12:00, Jonathan talks about Miami's incredible richness of languages and English usages   At about 15:30, Jonathan highlights reading favorites from his childhood, as well as ideas of representation    At about 19:20, Jonathan cites an example of limited representation and stereotypical and racist depictions of people of color in his childhood reading of “classics”   At about 22:40, Jonathan talks about How to Leave Hialeah and other works by Latinx writers and fellow second-generation writers for inspiration    At about 24:30, Jonathan responds to Pete's question about his preference for Baldwin's fiction/nonfiction   At about 25:55, The two discuss ideas of revisionist and ignorant history and narratives   At about 26:30, Pete wonders about any “lightbulb moments” for Jonathan in his writing career    At about 28:55, Jonathan reflects on the aftermath of some encouragement and “chas[ing] the good feeling” that came with accolades for his writing at Florida International University   At about 33:30, Jonathan shouts out John Dufresne and other formative and inspirational teachers   At about 34:30, Jonathan discusses how teaching has informed his writing and vice versa   At about 38:20, Jonathan homes in on his story collection's eponymous story and talks about strategies    At about 39:35, Jonathan talks about the contemporary writing that inspires and challenges him and that excites his students, including “Who Will Greet You at Home?,” Gabriela Garcia's Women of Salt and Morgan Talty's Night of the Living Rez, and Laura Warrell's Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm    At about 46:10, Jonathan discusses the rationale for and background of the format of his book, including a wide range of POVs   At about 48:50, Jonathan elaborates on the history and background of the story collection, including his thoughts on story order and the auction process for his book   At about 53:45, The two discuss the story “Flux” that begins the collection, focusing on its POV, its narrator, and ideas of identity    At about 55:30, Jonathan expands on ideas of juxtaposition between brothers Trelawny and Delano, including in the ways in which their father sees them   At about 1:01:30, The two discuss the collection's second story, and Jonathan responds to Pete's question about getting into the father's mindset   At about 1:07:50, Ideas of class presented in the book are discussed, and WATCH OUT FOR A PLOT SPOILER FROM THE SECOND STORY   At about 1:09:30, The two highlight themes of father-son relationships    At about 1:10:40, Pete asks Jonathan about what he had to say in his book about survival, commercialism, and bureaucracies, as well as (un)ethical business practices   At about 1:16:00, Race and racism are highlighted, with a particular focus on the collection's last story    At about 1:22:00, The two reflect on a profound excerpt from the book that brings up ideas of perspective and family dynamics    At about 1:25:00, Jonathan addresses the story collection's title and the multiple meanings and how POV informs the writing    At about 1:30:10, Jonathan talks about future projects and Pete compliments Jonathan's website as Jonathan gives contact info     You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.      This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.     The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 148 with Chen Chen, who is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency, and the forthcoming book of essays, In Cahoots with the Rabbit God. His debut book of poems, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. He teaches for the low-residency MFA programs at New England College and Stonecoast.      The episode will air on October 21.

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.

坂本龍一說音樂使人自由。本集節目嘉賓——香港中文大學人類學系前高級講師陳如珍，也在她近年關於獨立音樂的研究中，看見創作人如何摒棄以財富累積（accumulation）為目標的人生，用音樂創造一個讓人與人連結和共鳴的聲音場域（sonic moment）。她亦談到如何離開田野，以及獨立音樂研究與自身的人類學生涯的連結和思考。最後，如珍以台灣歌手米莎的作品《紙鳶》，寄託她離開香港前的感受。 （本集訪問以普通話進行。） In this episode, anthropologist Ju-Chen Chen, former senior lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, CUHK, talks about her recent research on independent music. She explores how the musicians live a life not aiming at capital accumulation. Instead, they make use of music to create “sonic moments” that connect people and lead to a sense of freedom. Ju-chen also touches on how to exit the research field, and the linkage between her research and her own path in anthropology. Lastly, she shares a song Kite by Taiwanese singer Misa (米莎) to express her feelings before leaving Hong Kong. (This episode is conducted in Mandarin.) 00'38 研究獨立音樂 Becoming curious about indie music 14'50 他們是想用音樂改變世界嗎？ Do people make music to change the world? 38'11 如何離開田野 How to exit the field 42'30 人生不是追求什麼，而是成為什麼 Pursuing versus Becoming 《紙鷂》 米莎 你仔細綁我的骨架 溫柔糊紙 畫上彩虹的顏色 我是你手上的紙鷂 夏天　南風 你放長了線　要我輕鬆去飛 你說　不怕　慢慢的起 你說　不怕　緩緩的去 有時風大　　你怕線沒綁牢 有時無風　　又掛心我會跌落 我說　不怕　放手讓我去 我說　不怕　記得回家的老路 風大的時候　隨風高飛 風停的時候　就回來看你

坂本龍一說音樂使人自由。本集節目嘉賓——香港中文大學人類學系前高級講師陳如珍，也在她近年關於獨立音樂的研究中，看見創作人如何摒棄以財富累積（accumulation）為目標的人生，用音樂創造一個讓人與人連結和共鳴的聲音場域（sonic moment）。她亦談到如何離開田野，以及獨立音樂研究與自身的人類學生涯的連結和思考。最後，如珍以台灣歌手米莎的作品《紙鳶》，寄託她離開香港前的感受。 （本集訪問以普通話進行。） In this episode, anthropologist Ju-Chen Chen, former senior lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, CUHK, talks about her recent research on independent music. She explores how the musicians live a life not aiming at capital accumulation. Instead, they make use of music to create “sonic moments” that connect people and lead to a sense of freedom. Ju-chen also touches on how to exit the research field, and the linkage between her research and her own path in anthropology. Lastly, she shares a song Kite by Taiwanese singer Misa (米莎) to express her feelings before leaving Hong Kong. (This episode is conducted in Mandarin.) 00'38 研究獨立音樂 Becoming curious about indie music 14'50 他們是想用音樂改變世界嗎？ Do people make music to change the world? 38'11 如何離開田野 How to exit the field 42'30 人生不是追求什麼，而是成為什麼 Pursuing versus Becoming 《紙鷂》 米莎 你仔細綁我的骨架 溫柔糊紙 畫上彩虹的顏色 我是你手上的紙鷂 夏天　南風 你放長了線　要我輕鬆去飛 你說　不怕　慢慢的起 你說　不怕　緩緩的去 有時風大　　你怕線沒綁牢 有時無風　　又掛心我會跌落 我說　不怕　放手讓我去 我說　不怕　記得回家的老路 風大的時候　隨風高飛 風停的時候　就回來看你

Lauren Smith presents a case of a red eye to Northwestern M4s Phoebe Newell & Chen Chen. The team covers their approach to a patient with HIV and multiple other problems. Test your reasoning as you listen along. Do you know the four key features that our ophthalmology colleagues love for you to cover when calling a consult? Listen along to find out! Follow us on Twitter:A&ORich AbramsLauren SmithA fantastic resource, by learners, for learners in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, and Hospital Medicine.

In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of poet, 陳琛 / Chen Chen. How work includes Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency andWhen I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities. Chen is also the author of four chapbooks and the forthcoming book of essays, In Cahoots with the Rabbit God. His work appears/is forthcoming in many publications, including Poem-a-Day and three editions of The Best American Poetry. With a brilliant team, he edits the journal, Underblong. With Gudetama the lazy egg, he edits the lickety~split. SourceThis episode includes a reading of his poem,  "Self-Portrait as a Wild Extrovert", featured in our 2022 Get Lit Anthology."Self-Portrait as a Wild Extrovert"I have 600 dear friends.I hug each of themdaily. I never need a mintbut am always ready to offer oneor 600. I love & know a lotabout biking/baking. I love & knowa lot about Celine Dion,thanks to my mom, who is, if Iabsolutely had to pick one—butwho am I kidding, of courseshe's my best friend.Once, every five years, I mightfeel a smidge of sadness.& when I do, I justsit down, maintaining impeccable,approachable posture, & breathe.I breathe like the very well-organized, very wall-lessad agency I've runsince birth. I breathelike breathing is my oldestdear friend named DaphneDaphne, whom I still call every nightbefore bed to say, You arean incandescent multiverse—don't youforget it, & that neverfails to do the trick.Support the show (https://getlit.org/donate/)

Dr. Gladden is joined by Dr. Chen Chen, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of Calroy Health Sciences, and Ed Hoyt, President & CEO of Calroy Health Sciences. The trio discuss:  The topic of our episode as well as a recently published article on longevity, people's genetics, and their ability to repair their arteries (1:09); Dr. Chen and Ed Hoyt, their company, Calroy Health Sciences, the glycocalyx, and their product, Arterosil (3:46); The science behind the endothelial glycocalyx and the impact it has on health and longevity (7:18);  What makes up the glycocalyx and the physiology behind it (11:37); The possibilities for what could go wrong with a blood vessel (14:39); The role of the glycocalyx in mitigating oxidative stress on the heart (15:57); How the glycocalyx acts as a transducer for nitric oxide release from the artery, the things that stimulate nitric oxide release, and the benefits of nitric oxide (18:51); What causes damage to the glycocalyx (20:32); Using Arterosil and other supplements and foods to regrow the glycocalyx (26:52); How a healthy glycocalyx helps with plaque prevention (36:10);  COVID-19, its effects on the vascular system and the endothelial glycocalyx, and how rhaman sulfate has a benefit in decreasing the vascular complications (39:22);  Whether or not there are people who should avoid rhaman sulfate (45:45); Instances in which people should increase the dosage of Arterosil (48:26); And more!   Special offer from Calory Health Sciences: Get 30% off a 3 pack (3 months supply) of Arterosil with a free gift! Visit www.arterosil.com/longevity    To learn more about Arterosil and Calroy Health Sciences, visit www.arterosil.com    You can also contact Calroy Health Sciences for more information. Email: support@calroy.com  Phone: 1-800-609-6409   Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com, for more information on this episode and other episodes as well!   Follow us on social media!  Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast Twitter: @GLPodcast_      Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!

To commemorate the 2021 edition of the Best American Poetry anthology, Greenlight invited editor and former poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, series editor David Lehman, and contributing poets Chen Chen, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Nancy Miller Gomez, and Dora Malech for a reverent evening. Selected by Smith, this year's exceptional collection explores and reckons with the difficult emotions exposed by a year of collective upheaval and incalculable loss in a panoply of themes, voices, and styles. We laughed, we mourned, we paged through eternities, we rode Tilt-A-Whirls, and we remembered the sense of connection and healing for which we return, year after changing year, to poetry. Recorded November 9, 2021.

本集節目嘉賓香港中文大學人類學系高級講師陳如珍博士，畢業於羅格斯大學人類學研究所，她的博士論文研究全球資本主義下的北京。從那時候開始，她便關注移工的故事，及後她在香港研究在港菲律賓移工的故事和選美活動，最近，她在研究香港和台灣的獨立音樂人，以及感官在田野調查中的重要性。她所關心的是不同人對於人生的願景和盼望。訪問的尾段，我們談到人類學如何為她困難的時候帶來一分安心。 （本集訪問以普通話進行。） In this episode, we are speaking to Dr. Ju-chen Chen, senior lecturer of the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Ju-chen received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Her Ph.D. dissertation addresses the remaking of Beijing under the impacts of the late socialist Chinese state and the expansion of global capitalism in the early 2000s. She is keen on learning about the “aspiration” of different people, from Filipino workers in Hong Kong, to independent music communities in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The importance of senses in fieldwork also intrigues her. Towards the end of the episode, Ju-chen shares her view on how anthropology provides a sense of comfort during difficult times. (This episode is conducted in Putonghua.) 00'57 在美國的人類學體驗 From psychology to anthropology, and the experience of studying in the U.S 08'43 全球化下的一百種北京 The many Beijings in globalization 26'00 在港菲律賓移工 Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong 47'00 他們的盼望 On aspiration 52'00 獨立音樂研究 Research on independent music communities 59'00 人類學的意義 The meaningfulness of anthropology

本集節目嘉賓香港中文大學人類學系高級講師陳如珍博士，畢業於羅格斯大學人類學研究所，她的博士論文研究全球資本主義下的北京。從那時候開始，她便關注移工的故事，及後她在香港研究在港菲律賓移工的故事和選美活動，最近，她在研究香港和台灣的獨立音樂人，以及感官在田野調查中的重要性。她所關心的是不同人對於人生的願景和盼望。訪問的尾段，我們談到人類學如何為她困難的時候帶來一分安心。 （本集訪問以普通話進行。） In this episode, we are speaking to Dr. Ju-chen Chen, senior lecturer of the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Ju-chen received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Her Ph.D. dissertation addresses the remaking of Beijing under the impacts of the late socialist Chinese state and the expansion of global capitalism in the early 2000s. She is keen on learning about the “aspiration” of different people, from Filipino workers in Hong Kong, to independent music communities in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The importance of senses in fieldwork also intrigues her. Towards the end of the episode, Ju-chen shares her view on how anthropology provides a sense of comfort during difficult times. (This episode is conducted in Putonghua.) 00'57 在美國的人類學體驗 From psychology to anthropology, and the experience of studying in the U.S 08'43 全球化下的一百種北京 The many Beijings in globalization 26'00 在港菲律賓移工 Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong 47'00 他們的盼望 On aspiration 52'00 獨立音樂研究 Research on independent music communities 59'00 人類學的意義 The meaningfulness of anthropology

Chen Chen is an award-winning poet based in the United States. In this episode, he talks about the composition, editing, re-editing (and re-editing), process of his poem 'Nature Poem' published in his debut National Book award longlisted collection When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017 and Bloodaxe Books, 2019). On apocalyptic pineapples, giving yourself permission, and what writers can learn from Marie Kondo. 'Sometimes you have to make mistakes, you have to allow yourself to go on tangents, on little side adventures ... and then return home.' Craft is brought to you by Wasafiri, the magazine of international contemporary writing and Queen Mary University of London with funding from Arts Council England. Check out www.wasafiri.org for outtakes from this interview that didn't (quite) make the final cut, and much more from writers from all over the world. Chen's forthcoming book is Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (2022). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Family! Everyone has one, everyone feels differently about them. So let's do some poetry! Bob reads "enough food and a mom" by francine j. harris, Chris reads "In The Hospital" by Chen Chen, and then the guys talk about familial duos in basketball.

We're welcoming award winning author Kemi Alabi into the Words and Shit studio to talk about their upcoming book, past successes, the importance of the work they're doing in the black and brown queer and trans spaces, and so much more! Tune in live to get to know the person behind the poetry! Kemi Alabi is the author of AGAINST HEAVEN (Graywolf Press, 2022), selected by Claudia Rankine as winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. Their poems and essays have been published in the Atlantic, Poetry, Boston Review, Catapult, Guernica, them., the BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2, Best New Poets 2019, and elsewhere. Selected by Chen Chen as winner of the 2020 Beacon Street Poetry Prize, Kemi has received Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Brittle Paper Award nominations along with support from MacDowell, Civitella Ranieri, Tin House and Pink Door. They've performed their work across the United States for schools, universities, museums, libraries, theaters, conferences, festivals, protests and more. A Mass LEAP-trained teaching artist, they've worked with students of all ages. Kemi believes in the world-shifting power of words and the radical imaginations of Black queer and trans people. As cultural strategy director of Forward Together, they built political power with cultural workers of color through programs like Echoing Ida, a home for Black women and nonbinary writers, and annual art campaigns like Trans Day of Resilience. The Echoing Ida Collection, coedited with Cynthia R. Greenlee and Janna Zinzi, is available now from Feminist Press.

Courtney and Chris Margolin sit down with Chen Chen for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry. They might also talk about Russian literature, Buffy, and the horrors of getting sucked down a mall escalator. This is quite the conversation! 陳琛 / Chen Chen's second book of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency, is forthcoming from BOA Editions in Sept. 2022. His debut, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. In 2019 Bloodaxe Books published the UK edition. Chen is also the author of four chapbooks and the forthcoming book of essays, In Cahoots with the Rabbit God (Noemi Press, 2023). His work appears/is forthcoming in many publications, including Poem-a-Day and three editions of The Best American Poetry (2015, 2019, & 2021). He has received two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from Kundiman and the National Endowment for the Arts. He teaches at Brandeis University as the Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence and serves on the poetry faculty for the low-residency MFA programs at New England College and Stonecoast. With a brilliant team, he edits the journal, Underblong. With Gudetama the lazy egg, he edits the lickety~split. He lives in Waltham, MA with his partner, Jeff Gilbert and their pug, Mr. Rupert Giles. **Correction... it was not Courtney's Aunt, but a friend of the family. :) Find more about The Poetry Question on their website. Purchase TPQ20 and The Poetry Question Merchandise HERE. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Topics include hanging around after death, Dracula's opinion of Edward Cullen, and using Pepsi as exorcism juice. Poems by Brenda Moossy, Gus Wood, Chen Chen, Luke Johnson, Harry McDermott, and Deanna Starshine. Hosted by Deanna Starshine. Booth Announcer Jim Bratton. Music by What Army. First aired on KPSQ 97.3 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Typewriter effect by Soundbible user TamSKP. Syndicated on Pacifica and podcast at https://www.poetize.xyz/ and on your podcast app. More by the featured poets: ~ Gus Wood: https://guswoodpoet.bandcamp.com/ ~ Chen Chen: https://www.chenchenwrites.com/ ~ Luke Johnson: https://lukethepoet.ninja/ ~ Wednesday Night Poetry: https://www.facebook.com/WednesdayNightPoetry/ ~ Deanna Starshine: https://www.instagram.com/DeannaStarshine/ Big shoutout to our Patron of the Week, the dad joker and science hooligan Zac Powers. Thank you for supporting Poetize on Patreon! And thank you to all our Patreon supporters: ~ Stephen Smith ~ Brad Fortenberry ~ Zac Slade ~ Ása Jóhannesdóttir ~ Michael Karl Ritchie ~ Kevin W. Lyon ~ Burnetta Hinterture ~ Ezhno Martín ~ Ginny Masullo ~ Molly Sroges ~ Zac Powers ~ John Chapman ~ Ben Davis ~ Kristen Mack ~ Robert Millsop ~ Will Van Laningham To receive poetry on textured paper delivered randomly to your home, visit https://www.patreon.com/m/Poetize.

Topics include hanging around after death, Dracula's opinion of Edward Cullen, and using Pepsi as exorcism juice. Poems by Brenda Moossy, Gus Wood, Chen Chen, Luke Johnson, Harry McDermott, and Deanna Starshine. Hosted by Deanna Starshine. Booth Announcer Jim Bratton. Music by What Army. First aired on KPSQ 97.3 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Typewriter effect by Soundbible user TamSKP. Syndicated on Pacifica and podcast at https://www.poetize.xyz/ and on your podcast app. More by the featured poets: ~ Gus Wood: https://guswoodpoet.bandcamp.com/ ~ Chen Chen: https://www.chenchenwrites.com/ ~ Luke Johnson: https://lukethepoet.ninja/ ~ Wednesday Night Poetry: https://www.facebook.com/WednesdayNightPoetry/ ~ Deanna Starshine: https://www.instagram.com/DeannaStarshine/ Big shoutout to our Patron of the Week, the dad joker and science hooligan Zac Powers. Thank you for supporting Poetize on Patreon! And thank you to all our Patreon supporters: ~ Stephen Smith ~ Brad Fortenberry ~ Zac Slade ~ Ása Jóhannesdóttir ~ Michael Karl Ritchie ~ Kevin W. Lyon ~ Burnetta Hinterture ~ Ezhno Martín ~ Ginny Masullo ~ Molly Sroges ~ Zac Powers ~ John Chapman ~ Ben Davis ~ Kristen Mack ~ Robert Millsop ~ Will Van Laningham To receive poetry on textured paper delivered randomly to your home, visit https://www.patreon.com/m/Poetize.

Calling all lovers of reading and literature! Join Wasafiri's Malachi McIntosh and your favourite international writers including Daniel Mella, Chen Chen, Bernadine Evaristo, and Raymond Antrobus to take you on a journey behind the scenes and unpack the often-hidden side of how their work was created. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Poetry: "When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities" by Chen Chen Beer: Old Stock Ale by North Coast Brewing Company Girl Crush: Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of Braiding Sweetgrass) In Episode 44, Erica gives us the rundown on aging beers, and then she tries the 5-year-aged Old Stock Ale by North Coast Brewing. They they read some of Chen Chen's fabulous poetry! You won't want to miss this one! Cheers.

Courtney and Chris Margolin sit down with Sam Herschel Wein to talk about Passions, Process, Pitfalls, and Poetry. Sam Herschel Wein (pronouns: he/they) is a lollygagging plum of a poet who specializes in perpetual frolicking. They are an MFA candidate in poetry at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Their first chapbook, Fruit Mansion (Split Lip Press, 2017) was selected as the winner of the 2016 Turnbuckle Chapbook prize. Their second chapbook, GESUNDHEIT!, a collaboration with Chen Chen, is part of the 2019-2020 Glass Poetry Press series. He co-founded and edits the poetry journal Underblong. Recent poems can be found in Shenandoah, Sundog Lit, and The Adroit Journal, among others. They can be found in the cheese aisle of most stores, in the middle of a hug, or editing poems at your local coffee shop. Books referenced: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi; Detransition, Baby: A Novel by Torrey Peters Find Sam on Twitter Head to The Poetry Question to keep up with independent poetry! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence methods are gaining popularity in weather & climate research and, in some cases, enhancing forecasting skills. Looking ahead, they may even replace traditional methods of forecasting. In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts David Rogers & Alan Thorpe meet Yuhan (Douglas) Rao, a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies in the US, and Chen Chen, a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Climate Research Singapore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chen Chen on nourishment, homophobia, and breaking free of the fear of failure.

Today on Boston Public Radio we're on tape, replaying some of our favorite conversations with a focus on author interviews: Don Lemon tells stories from his book, “This Is The Fire: What I Say To My Friends About Racism." Lemon anchors “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon,” airing weeknights at 10 p.m. He's also a #1 bestselling New York Times author.  Chasten Buttigieg discusses his memoir, “I Have Something to Tell You,” and the challenges facing LGBTQ+ communities in the U.S. Buttigieg is a teacher and the husband of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. Sy Montgomery dives into the world of hummingbirds with her latest book, “The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty And Renewal On Wings.” Montgomery is a journalist, naturalist and a BPR contributor. David Byrne talks about the film adaptation of his tour, "American Utopia," and his accompanying illustrated book. Byrne is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, and founding member of the Talking Heads. Nancy Schön discusses her recent work and the mysteries behind the decoration of her iconic “Make Way For Ducklings” sculpture in Boston's Public Garden. Schön is a sculpture artist, and her latest book is “Ducks on Parade!” Derek DelGaudio weighs in on the roles identity and illusion play in his work, along with the thought process behind his film "In & Of Itself." DelGaudio is a writer and artist. His latest book is “Amoralman: A True Story And Other Lies,” and his film, "In & Of Itself," is on Hulu. Gish Jen highlights differences between individualistic and collectivistic cultures in her new book, "The Girl At The Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap." Jen is a novelist and nonfiction writer. Meredith Goldstein previews her YA book, “Things That Grow,” and talks about the state of romance and relationships during the pandemic. Goldstein is an advice columnist and features writer for the Boston Globe. Her advice column, Love Letters, is a daily dispatch of wisdom for the lovelorn that has been running for more than a decade. She also hosts the Love Letters podcast. Richard Blanco reads Chen Chen's poem “Poem in Noisy Mouthfuls”, Ocean Vuong's poem “Kissing in Vietnamese” and Li-Young Lee's poem “I Ask My Mother to Sing.” Blanco is the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history. His new book, "How To Love A Country," deals with various socio-political issues that shadow America.

Join Chibbi and Raqui as they meet, talk poetry, and shoot the sh*t with the incredible Chen Chen and Sam Herschel Wein. Sam Herschel Wein (he/they) is a Chicago based poet who specializes in perpetual frolicking. They work in queer healthcare and boop around the city on their bike. Their first chapbook, Fruit Mansion (Split Lip Press, 2017) was selected as the winner of the 2016 Turnbuckle Chapbook prize. Their second chapbook, GESUNDHEIT!, a collaboration with Chen Chen, is part of the 2019-2020 Glass Poetry Press series. He co-founded and edits the poetry journal Underblong. Recent poems can be found in Hobart Pulp, Sundog Lit, and Bat City Review, among others. They can be found in the cheese aisle of most stores, in the middle of a hug, or editing poems at your local coffee shop. Chen Chen is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (BOA Editions, 2022) and the forthcoming book of essays, In Cahoots with the Rabbit God (Noemi Press, 2023). His debut book of poems, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. He teaches at Brandeis University.

Show Notes and Links to Clifford Brooks's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode 72          On Episode 72, Pete welcomes Clifford Brooks, poet supreme, passionate creative, and founder of Southern Collective Experience, which publishes the fabulous journal of culture, Blue Mountain Review. They talk about Cliff's idyllic childhood of curiosity and wonder, his faith in continuing to channel this wonder and passion into his work, his coming relatively late into poetry, music and its inspiration for his writing, resonant lines, myth as a muse, consistent themes in his work, and much more.             Clifford Brooks was born in Athens, Georgia. His first poetry collection, The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysic, was re-issued by Southern Collective Experience in August 2018. His second full-length poetry volume, Athena Departs: Gospel of a Man Apart, as well as a limited-edition poetry chapbook, Exiles of Eden, were published by Southern Collective Experience in 2017. Clifford is the founder of The Southern Collective Experience, a cooperative of writers, musicians and visual artists, which publishes the journal of culture The Blue Mountain Review and hosts the NPR show Dante's Old South. He is on the faculty of The Company of Writers, and provides tutorials on poetry through the Noetic teaching application. Clifford Brooks' Website   The Southern Collective Experience Website   Buy The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics   "A Bookshop Interview with Clifford Brooks"   CLIFFORD BROOKS IN CONVERSATION WITH TERENCE HAWKINS   Dante's Old South NPR Radio Show on Spotify       At about 1:45, Clifford Brooks talks about the methods in which his work has been published-re: rights, second edition, etc.   At about 3:30, Cliff talks about his childhood relationship with reading and the written word and how he was encouraged to explore his curiosity   At about 7:00, Cliff talks about the power and importance of play in his childhood, being on the autism spectrum   At about 8:40, Cliff talks about the connections between the playful, curious, imaginative kid and his creative power as an adult poet   At about 10:40, Cliff talks about writers who have given, and continue to give, “chills at will,” like Pinsky, Kelli Russell Agodon, Chen Chen, Langston Hughes, Louise Gluck, and Dante, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Rilke; Cliff expands on Rilke's pull   At about 14:20, Cliff talks about the outsized pull of music in his life, including its effect on him becoming a poet; Pete shouts out three music recs he received and loved from Cliff's show, Dante's Old South Radio Show-Cutso, Lyrics Born, and Turkuaz   At about 17:40, Cliff and Pete discuss the mythological “Easter eggs” in Cliff's work, as well as references of “haunting” with Robert Johnson and connections to addiction and “Old Scratch”   At about 21:25, Pete asks Cliff to tell the audience about his “ ‘Eureka' moment” that impelled him to continue writing, as well as how an agent pointed Cliff to poetry over the other genres   At about 30:45, Cliff talks about the difference between imitation and inspiration and his early days “learning to write” poetry after having written other styles   At about 32:45, Cliff talks about the importance of truth in poetry and how seriously he takes it in his own writing   At about 35:00, Cliff details his editing process and it being essential for him and creating connections; Pete follows up with a questions about the connection between catharsis and editing   At about 37:00, Clifford denies the importance of “decoding poetry” and trumpets the power of subjectivity    At about 39:30, Cliff discusses purpose in his poem, as epitomized by a Jericho Brown quote   At about 41:40, Pete outlines some thematic and stylistic “throughlines” in Cliff's poetry, including passion and wanderlust, which leads Cliff to talk about the seeking of travel, both literal and metaphorical   At about 43:30, Pete asks Cliff about the Nietzche epigraph   At about 45:50, Cliff and Pete agree on the connectivity that paradoxically comes with solitude and the quiet of writing poetry   At about 47:00, Clifford talks about the magic of the twilight hours and his kinship with past guest of both Cliff and Pete, standout prose poet José Hernández Diaz    At about 48:40, Pete identifies the poem “In the Beginning” and some resonant lines     At about 50:35, Pete and Cliff discuss abandonment/restlessness through a poem that references Alice in Wonderland     At about 53:15, Cliff touches on themes like moderation from “The Transparent Mess of an Unbalanced Man”   At about 54:10, “A Father Sits with a Son” brings about resonant lines and discussion of “Live and Let Live” and beautiful “moments in time” with his father   At about 55:55, “The Last Wispy Gypsy” provides a thrill-inducing line   At about 56:30, Cliff references Kid Cudi in talking about “night terrors” and “childlike quality” in his work   At about 58:30, Pete quotes some of Cliff's work as the two discuss regret and the temporal nature of happiness as a consistent theme in Cliff's work   At about 59:55, Pete and Cliff add to their playlist of songs that correspond to the poetry's subject matter, including “Everlong”   At about 1:00:30, Cliff and Pete discuss amicable breakups “with no malice” and the consequences of life decisions like starting a family, etc.   At about 1:03:00, Pete quotes the “Scotch, Scuffles, and Sermons” and a “musical” line from the piece that leads into discussions of spirituality and the connection between spirit and flesh   At about 1:08:00, Cliff dissects some of his “methodical, but not contrived” rhymes and syntax that work to enhance the ethereal quality of the words   At about 1:10:50, Cliff talks about mythology and its connection to his inspirations   At about 1:12:55, Cliff introduces and reads from “The Original Title Failed Me”   At about 1:17:15, Cliff introduces and reads from “Colors of Parish, Sex, and Essence”    At about 1:19:30, Cliff gives some info on his myriad projects, including the fabulous Blue Mountain Review and contact info   At about 1:22:20, Cliff talks about upcoming projects, including fiction and poetry publications You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Spotify and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can find this and other episodes on The Chills at Will Podcast YouTube Channel. Please subscribe while you're there. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.

Mary and Wyatt pry themselves away from “Naked and Afraid” long enough to talk about survival. Mary talks about a scary experience she had while river rafting and how our brains protect us after we experience trauma. They talk about different kinds of coping mechanisms and how we can free ourselves from the shame of doing what it takes to survive. Also on the agenda: Mary and Wyatt ask the stupid questions that you're too afraid to ask, Mary made a corgi out of fondant, and poems by Chen Chen and Mahmoud Darwish. 

Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), which was long listed for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. His work appears/is forthcoming in many publications, including Ploughshares, Poem-a-Day, and three editions of The Best American Poetry (2015, 2019, and 2021). He has received a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from Kundiman and the National Endowment for the Arts. With a brilliant team, he edits the journal Underblong. He teaches at Brandeis University as the Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence and lives in Waltham, MA with his partner Jeff Gilbert and their pug Mr. Rupert Giles. Twitter:  @chenchenwrites, Instagram: chenchenwrites "Summer" was previously published in Poetry Magazine. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog.  Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for our series is from Excursions Op. 20, Movement 1, by Samuel Barber, performed by pianist Daniel Baer. Queer Poem-a-Day is supported by a generous donation from the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language. 

In this guided meditation you'll visualize a majestic tree - and ground yourself through its roots into the earth. In celebration of Pride month, held every June, Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem "I love you to the moon and..." by Chen Chen.   I Love You To The Moon And by Chen Chen   Not back, let's not come back, let's go by the speed of  queer zest & stay up  there & get ourselves a little  moon cottage (so pretty), then start a moon garden with lots of moon veggies (so healthy), i mean  i was already moonlighting  as an online moonologist  most weekends, so this is the immensely logical next step, are you  packing your bags yet, don't forget your  sailor moon jean jacket, let's wear  our sailor moon jean jackets while twirling in that lighter, queerer moon gravity, let's love each other  (so good) on the moon, let's love  the moon         on the moon   Get the latest on mindfulness and meditation by subscribing to Julie Potiker's YouTube channel and Facebook page at Mindful Methods for Life. You can learn about mindfulness at www.MindfulMethodsForLife.com and also in Julie's newly released book, "Life Falls Apart, But You Don't Have To: Mindful Methods For Staying Calm In The Midst Of Chaos", available on Amazon.com. Her podcast is "Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker", available on iTunes, iHeart and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Sam Herschel Wein (he/they) is a Chicago-based poet who specializes in perpetual frolicking. Their second chapbook, GESUNDHEIT!, a collaboration with Chen Chen, was part of the 2019-2020 Glass Poetry Press Series. He co-founded and edits Underblong. Recent work can be found in Moon City Review, Sundog Lit, and Bat City Review, among others. Instagram: @samforbreakfast, samherschelwein.com. "Nature Poem" is originally published in Queer Poem-a-Day at the Deerfield Public Library on June 3rd, 2021.  Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog.  Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for our series is from Excursions Op. 20, Movement 1, by Samuel Barber, performed by pianist Daniel Baer. Queer Poem-a-Day is supported by a generous donation from the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language. 

Recorded by Chen Chen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 31, 2021. www.poets.org

My young trans friend sent me a photo the other day in which he wore a necklace and a lacy flowered shirt and a big happy grin. This is my favorite photo of you ever! I wrote back.Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Summer, by Chen Chen, was read with the poet’s kind permission.  Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com

Wayne Goodman in conversation with Chen Chen, educator and Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University

Topics include new transphobic laws, taking to strangers on the bus, and being descended from a cult leader. Poems by Doug Shields, J.W. Basilo, Chen Chen, Melissa May-Dunn, Jacob George, and Jamie DeWolf. Hosted by Doug Shields. Booth Announcer Jim Bratton. Music by What Army. First aired on KPSQ 97.3 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Syndicated on Pacifica and podcast at https://www.poetize.xyz/ and on your podcast app. More poetry by the featured poets: Doug Shields: https://www.instagram.com/poetdougshields/ J.W. Basilo: http://www.jwbasilo.com/ Chen Chen: https://www.chenchenwrites.com/ Melissa May-Dunn: https://melissamaypoetry.webs.com/ Jamie DeWolf: https://www.jamiedewolf.com/

Topics include new transphobic laws, taking to strangers on the bus, and being descended from a cult leader. Poems by Doug Shields, J.W. Basilo, Chen Chen, Melissa May-Dunn, Jacob George, and Jamie DeWolf. Hosted by Doug Shields. Booth Announcer Jim Bratton. Music by What Army. First aired on KPSQ 97.3 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Syndicated on Pacifica and podcast at https://www.poetize.xyz/ and on your podcast app. More poetry by the featured poets: Doug Shields: https://www.instagram.com/poetdougshields/ J.W. Basilo: http://www.jwbasilo.com/ Chen Chen: https://www.chenchenwrites.com/ Melissa May-Dunn: https://melissamaypoetry.webs.com/ Jamie DeWolf: https://www.jamiedewolf.com/

Olivia is a Taiwanese Designer & Creative Director living and working in Sydney, where she runs her own studio. She's also a part-time teacher at the Shillington campus in Sydney. Olivia shares how her journey across three continents has influenced her as a creative and gave her the confidence to form her own vibrant and organic style.

What a pleasure it is to bring you all Dr. Ben Michaelis, who we think of as ⅓ management coach, ⅓ therapist, and ⅓ couples counselor (at least in our case). We’ve been seeing this guy—together!—for five-ish years, and he’s helped us to navigate much in our lives, professional and personal. Speaking of navigating, we’re kicking-off the episode by answering an age-old question: “What sort of thank-you gift do I get my snake-sitter?!”    Oooh, boy, did we get a good gifting request: “Thank you for your friend who fed your pet snake weekly for 6 weeks. They like Phish.” Here’s where we landed: Fishman Donut Round Jigsaw Puzzle, Island Bamboo spoon sets and salt cellars, Na Nin incense cones, Boy Smells Kush candle, Debbie Carlos Curl Pipe (from Tetra), Edie Parker Flower stash case, Areaware Snake Block, Lorien Stern snake wall-hanging ceramic or plush snake sculpture (or bucket hat or hoodie), Ferm Living Mr. Snake cushion or fruiticana snake, Chen Chen and Kai Williams serpent lighter keychain, and Willa Heart snake prints and placemats.   Here’s that snake opening a door video you were hoping for.   Check out more on Dr. Ben Michaelis and his work and dig into his book Your Next Big Thing: Ten Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy.   Try COOLA, your go-to for sunscreen and organic skincare. Get 10% off with the code ATHINGORTWO. Cut down on food waste with Imperfect Foods and get 20% off your first order and free shipping with the code ATHINGORTWO. Customize your shampoo, conditioner, and so much more with Function of Beauty. Use our link for 20% off your order. Download the Caviar app and get $10 off your food order of $20 or more with the code ATHINGORTWO. YAY.   Produced by Dear Media

Genevieve and Tiffany talk about the end of Genevieve’s library saga, the college professors who helped us grow, and science writing. The last episode of season 1! Poem: “I’m Not a Religious Person But” by Chen Chen

In this episode, Paola shares facts about the planet Mercury and how it affects us today. Janice reads “for i will do/undo what was done/undone to me” by, in Janice's opinion, the very mercurial poet, Chen Chen! -- 00:00:00 - Intro 00:08:31 - Mercury 00:37:42 - Poem: “for i will do/undo what was done/undone to me” by Chen Chen 00:45:53 - Shout-outs!

In this poem, a son writes to his parents and invites them to a meal, letting them know that his boyfriend will also be there. He gives instruction to his parents on how they should behave, parenting his parents. In all this family tension, the boyfriend’s question “What’s in that recipe again?” offers calm, and builds lines of connection that had otherwise seemed unlikely.Chen Chen – is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, which was longlisted for the National Book Award for Poetry and won the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. He teaches at Brandeis University as the Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence. Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

The last interview with CBS guest—professor Chen Chen from Xi‘an Jiaotong Liverpool University in China, was held successfully remotely through Zoom meeting, hosted by senior English majors Yue Wang and Ningyuan Wang. The theme of this interview is “exploration and reflection”, aiming at learning Professor Chen's exploration process in her career, and encouraging senior students to seek their own interest and career path by trying bravely and reflecting frequently. “Honestly, English study was not my priority when I applied to college. I even felt tough to continue researching in this area after gaining my master's degree. However, I switched my path a bit and found passion in doing quantitative research in English teaching”, says Chen, who completed her MPhil degree in Cambridge University with distinction. Prof. Chen talked about her campus life in Cambridge University. “It was such a precious chance to learn in that beautiful university, what I gained from here would benefit me in a long term.” she said. Apart from sharing her experience about how she obtained the master's degree, Prof. Chen also talked about the difficulties and worries when she was facing the various choices of occupation. “As for my first internship, I went to a foreign trade company. However, I found that I was not suitable for this job and lost my interest after several weeks. Then I applied for being a teacher in a university. To be honest, to be a teacher was not my goal in college, but I am quite enjoy interacting with different students and witnessing their progress now.” said Prof. Chen, “Like most of you, I was confused and worried after graduation. If you do not have a clear orientation, you should try something and gain experience.” Indeed, exploration is indispensable for people to think things from new perspectives and gain new opportunities. The Career Building Series (CBS) project is one of the most important projects in EH 495 Senior Seminar class at Brenau University in 2020 Fall semester. Dr. Wenwen Guo, the professor of EH 495 class, invited more than 10 guests in total from all over the world, to share their career experience and give advice for senior students. “This is the first time that CBS project has been initiated in EH 495 class. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to interview and access these excellent people, listening to their career experience”, says Ting Huang. “The project also broadens our horizons, practices our collaborating and communicating ability. It's a very helpful pre-graduation project.” Written by Ningyuan Wang (Julia) and Hazel Wang, posted on Sunday, October 25, 2020.

In episode three of The Line Break, Bob and Chris discuss that most poetic of topics: love. What is it, anyway? Do poets fall in love? We'll find out. Bob reads “Winter” by Chen Chen, Chris reads “Steps” by Frank O'Hara, and then they talk about basketball players they irrationally love, including John Stockton and Ray Allen, before Chris asserts that Karl Malone "signed with the Jazz in 2003."

Sueño con ser un día intrépido como un mango. Buena onda como un tomate. Sin piedad por mentones & camisas. Caigo en la cuenta de que detesto la palabra “sorbo”. Pero es lo único que hago. Tomar. Doy sorbitos lentísimos & digo que es para sentirle el gusto. Cuando en realidad soy malo para ingerir líquidos. No soy un mango ni un tomate. Soy un bostezo que perdió la práctica en un año que da mucho que hablar. Soy un altillo ártico. Vení a pasear & etcétera por el desorden polar resbaladizo. No soy el heterosexual fanático de la limpieza que mi mamá me crió para que fuera. Soy un gay que da sorbitos, & mi mamá depositó lo que le queda de esperanza en mis hermanos. Quiere que se traguen el mundo y escupan títulos universitarios, nietos responsables listos para masticar. Van a ser mejores que mangos, mis hermanos. Aunque me cuesta imaginar cómo sería eso. Mangos voladores, tal vez. Una cruza entre un mango y un tomate que es capaz de volar. Hijes hermoses.

[CW for this episode: Suicide, guns] Mary and Wyatt give the dogs a couple of calming hemp chews and settle in for a discussion of grief and how you go on living after loss. They tell their own stories of loss and what strategies they discovered for processing the dark, mysterious feeling of grief--and what it means to "process." They also talk about different forms of loss--the death of loved ones, breakups, and trauma. Also on the agenda: a ridiculous new segment called Fantasy Trip Advisor, children who hate their parents so much they chant at them, an excerpt from a novel by Richard Powers, and a poem by Chen Chen. 

Wayne Goodman in conversation with Chen Chen, educator and Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University

Today's poem is I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party by Chen Chen.

A conversation with the Chicago-based poet Sam Herschel Wein, author of the chapbooks Fruit Mansion (2017) and, in collaboration with the poet Chen Chen, Gesundheit! (2019). He is also an enthusiastic ambassador for the vibrant scene of online poetry and edits (with Chen Chen) the online poetry journal Underblong. Listen to hear Sam read his poems and reflect on queer life, friendship, the power of joy, and the inner life of a shy painted ghost!   You can check out Sam's poetry chapbooks from the Library's new Podcast Collection. The Podcast Collection features books (and more) from all our past podcast guests over the last three years. We invite you to find a new book and listen to our interview with the author! The collection is at the bottom of the main staircase, by the Adult Services Desk. We welcome your comments and feedback--please send to: podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org. More info at: http://deerfieldlibrary.org/podcast Follow us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest

Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | SoundCloud It's the most wonderful time of the year! This year, give the gift of knowledge! Use our link, economist.com/EV51, to gift a 12 week/$12 Economist subscription!Sia and some trill co-eds, Chen Chen, Jammil, Josh, and Tyler, give an anonymous listener advice on confronting their lazy co-worker, to contact HR or not, that is the question... Tune in to hear what they have to say!Hosted by Sia-Linda Lebbie: @sialinda_. Produced by Mary Osunlana and edited by Sia-Linda Lebbie. Recorded in the Wexler Studio at the Kelly Writers House. Intro and outro music "Pull Up" by If The Shoe Fits: @itsfcollective. Podcast art by Jordan Semprevivo: @jsemp_art. Follow The Trillest on Instagram: @thetrillest_upenn. Follow Sia on Instagram: @sialinda_.

Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | SoundCloud It's the most wonderful time of the year! This year, give the gift of knowledge! Use our link, economist.com/EV51, to gift a 12 week/$12 Economist subscription!Sia and some trill co-eds, Chen Chen, Jammil, Josh, and Tyler, give an anonymous listener advice on confronting their lazy co-worker, to contact HR or not, that is the question... Tune in to hear what they have to say!Hosted by Sia-Linda Lebbie: @sialinda_. Produced by Mary Osunlana and edited by Sia-Linda Lebbie. Recorded in the Wexler Studio at the Kelly Writers House. Intro and outro music "Pull Up" by If The Shoe Fits: @itsfcollective. Podcast art by Jordan Semprevivo: @jsemp_art. Follow The Trillest on Instagram: @thetrillest_upenn. Follow Sia on Instagram: @sialinda_.

Catch the YouTube version of this episode: (https://youtu.be/0V2za1q6D_E). -- Poet and educator Chen Chen reads an original poem and discusses writing trauma, vulnerability & expectations, queer kinship & community, and how it all connects with "Home Alone." -- About Chen: Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. He is also the author of four chapbooks, most recently You MUST Use the Word Smoothie (Sundress Publications, 2019) and Gesundheit! (with Sam Herschel Wein and forthcoming from Glass Poetry Press, fall 2019). His work appears in many publications, including Poetry, Poem-a-Day, The Best American Poetry (2015 & 2019), and The Best American Nonrequired Reading (2017). He has received a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from Kundiman and the National Endowment for the Arts. He holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a PhD from Texas Tech University. He teaches at Brandeis University as the Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence and co-runs the journal, Underblong. He lives in Waltham, MA with his partner, Jeff Gilbert and their pug, Mr. Rupert Giles. (chenchenwrites.com) // (twitter.com/chenchenwrites) // (instagram.com/chenchenwrites) // ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com). Sign up for our newsletter on (thepoetryvlog.com) and get a free snail-mail welcome kit! ● The Fall 2019 Student Team: Mandy Cook - Team Manager // Wil Engstrom - Video Editor // Parker Kennedy - Video Editor // Kristin Ruopp - Digital Marketing & Outreach // Reagan Welsh - Social Media & Communications // Mel Kuoch - Video Editor // Season 3 of The Poetry Vlog is supported by The Simpson Center for the Humanities, with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Jack Straw Cultural Center. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today in the Poetry Pharmacy, we had a visit from MARY JEAN CHAN. Mary Jean’s work has appeared in The Poetry Review, Ambit, The Rialto, The London Magazine, Callaloo and elsewhere. She is also a Co-Editor at Oxford Poetry. Her poem “//” is currently shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. She also recently won the Poetry Society Members’ Competition, as well as the Poetry and Psychoanalysis Competition. Mary Jean brought in Adrienne Rich’s poem DEDICATIONS to read and discuss. We also talked about our love for the poet Chen Chen and read his poem WINTER, followed by a reading of Mary Jean’s own SELF-PORTRAIT, a poem I’ve recently been by-heart dosing myself on. If you’ve enjoyed the episode, please (pretty please) could you leave us a nice review on iTunes, Also, in the next year, I’m trying to raise funds for the S.H.E College Fund initiative in Kenya by learning 52 poems in 52 weeks. Here is my 52 Poems in 52 Weeks Donations Page: https://chuffed.org/project/52-poems-in-52-weeks If you’re feeling some poetry-love after listening, a donation, no matter how small (or large) would be greatly appreciated. Don’t forget, the Poetry Pharmacy is open every day on Twitter, dispensing poems for whatever ails body and soul. Feel free to @/DM us there, or email us here (thepoetrypharmacy AT gmail.com) with your requests for a poem prescription. [Theme music for the podcast is from Vladimir Martynov’s The Beatitudes played by the wonderful coversart on YouTube]

Today in the Poetry Pharmacy, we’re hanging out with CHEN CHEN. Chen prescribes a Keegan Lester poem which can be READ HERE, and I reciprocate with jayy dodd‘s incredible ARS POETICA. We also read and talk about Chen’s poem POPLAR STREET. Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. A Kundiman and Lambda Literary Fellow, Chen has also authored two chapbooks. He helps edit Iron Horse and Gabby. He also works on a new journal called Underblong, which he co-founded with the poet Sam Herschel Wein. He lives in Lubbock with his partner Jeff Gilbert and their pug dog Mr. Rupert Giles. [Theme music for the podcast is from Vladimir Martynov’s The Beatitudes played by the wonderful coversart on YouTube]

Welcome back to a brand new season of Freelance Creative Exchange!   Meet Hui Lian, Chen Chen and Jason, three entrepreneurs who took their side hustle full-time. Join us at MOX as these crafters and makers share their journey from freelancing to setting up their businesses as crafters and 3D. Special thanks to MOX for hosting us at their co-working space.   Chen Chen and Hui Lian are co-founders of Craft Atelier, a craft studio and learning space that offers a wide range of paper- and fibre-related equipment, including full floor looms. Chen Chen is also a co-founder of tinkermind. tinkermind is a 3D printing solutions company that offers courses and workshops.   Craft Atelier: https://www.craftatelier.sg/ Follow  @Craft Atelier on Facebook and Instagram   tinkermind: https://www.tinkermind.sg/ Follow @tinkermind on their Facebook and Instagram   Jason Loo is a character designer as well as a Co-Founder and Creative Content Lead at tinkermind. Shortly after the recording of this podcast, Jason announced his decision to leave tinkermind to pursue another opportunity that he felt is better aligned to his personal and professional interest in creative development.    tinkermind and CreativesAtWork wishes him the best in his future endeavours.   MOX is a co-working space and a community for creatives to gather, collaborate, share and create. Its flagship space at Katong Point is located within the quaint neighbourhood of Joo Chiat and Katong, occupying three floors in the building. So if you are a a creative-preneur, an established brand or a hobbyist looking for a co-working place, come check out this amazing venue! https://www.themox.co/ Schedule a tour and free day pass: https://calendly.com/tour-mox     Listen to the full episode on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freelance-creative-exchange/id1401167998 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gYc5ECrUgd1TNbVSWGw5w Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZyZWVsYW5jZWV4Y2hhbmdlLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz&ep=5&at=1558090806636   - THE FREELANCE CREATIVE EXCHANGE SERIES -   The Freelance Creative Exchange Series is our first ever podcast about freelancing by freelancers.   Every 2 weeks, we catch up with professionals over coffee at the PIXEL Studio and share stories about freelancing or anything in and around the topic.   Hosted by CreativesAtWork co-founders Fanny and Jayce, you will find candid conversations with the creative professionals about freelancing and the gig economy in Singapore & beyond.   FOLLOW US - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creativesatworkasia/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freelancecreativeexchange - Website: https://creativesatwork.asia/fce/   Have some questions, or want to be a guest on Freelance Creative Exchange podcast? Reach out to us at contact@creativesatwork.asia

On this edition of This is Just to Say the poet Chen Chen reads his poem “Poem” from his new book When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities and talks with poet and novelist Carrie Fountain about craft, humor, and how he came to poetry.

On this edition of This is Just to Say the poet Chen Chen reads his poem “Poem” from his new book When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities and talks with poet and novelist Carrie Fountain about craft, humor, and how he came to poetry.

On this edition of This is Just to Say the poet Chen Chen reads his poem “Poem” from his new book When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities and talks with poet and novelist Carrie Fountain about craft, humor, and how he came to poetry.

David speaks with poet Chen Chen in the studio. Originally aired on May 9th 2019

LinksPen 15https://www.npr.org/2019/02/11/691694798/looking-at-middle-school-through-grown-up-glasses-in-pen15Chen Chen's Twitter handle @chenchenwritesWhen I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities at Bloodaxe Bookshttps://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-list-of-further-possibilities-1211Philip Pullman's Golden Compasshttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/136447/the-golden-compass-his-dark-materials-by-philip-pullman/9780375823459/Sundress Publications (who published Chen’s craft chap)http://www.sundresspublications.com/Book: When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Further Possibilitieshttps://www.boaeditions.org/products/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-list-of-further-possibilitiesKnott Poetry Prizehttp://www.bu.edu/clarion/knott-poetry-prize/Blue Flower Arts: A Literary Speakers Agencyhttps://blueflowerarts.com/Bloodaxe Bookshttps://www.bloodaxebooks.com/Chen Chen’s Chapbookshttps://www.chenchenwrites.com/chapbooksQueer Eye season threehttps://www.vulture.com/2019/03/queer-eye-season-3-netflix-review.htmlBRULEY, the Queer Eye Doghttps://www.bustle.com/p/queer-eye-dog-bruley-is-the-breakout-star-of-season-3-hes-about-to-become-your-instagram-obsession-16964641Powell’s Book Storehttps://www.powells.com/Mel B interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0knNNRTHqyk

Reading “Babel & Juice” by Chen Chen, from When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities.

Connor and Jack delve into the humorous, heartbreaking, poem "Poplar Street" by Chen Chen. Connor discusses the glories and pitfalls of using a colloquial voice in poetry and Jack finds connections to Everything is Illuminated. Check out the poem, here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/58154/poplar-street Read more about Chen Chen here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/chen-chen Find us on facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking Find us on twitter at: twitter.com/closetalking You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com. Poplar Street By: Chen Chen Oh. Sorry. Hello. Are you on your way to work, too? I was just taken aback by how you also have a briefcase, also small & brown. I was taken by how you seem, secretly, to love everything. Are you my new coworker? Oh. I see. No. Still, good to meet you. I’m trying out this thing where it’s good to meet people. Maybe, beyond briefcases, we have some things in common. I like jelly beans. I’m afraid of death. I’m afraid of farting, even around people I love. Do you think your mother loves you when you fart? Does your mother love you all the time? Have you ever doubted? I like that the street we’re on is named after a tree, when there are none, poplar or otherwise. I wonder if a tree has ever been named after a street, whether that worked out. If I were a street, I hope I’d get a good name, not Main or One-Way. One night I ran out of an apartment, down North Pleasant Street — it was soft & neighborly with pines & oaks, it felt too hopeful, after what happened. After my mother’s love became doubtful. After I told her I liked a boy & she wished I had never been born. After she said she was afraid of me, terrified I might infect my brothers with my abnormality. Sometimes, parents & children become the most common strangers. Eventually, a street appears where they can meet again. Or not. I’ve doubted my own love for my mother. I doubt. Do I have to forgive in order to love? Or do I have to love for forgiveness to even be possible? What do you think? I’m trying out this thing where questions about love & forgiveness are a form of work I’d rather not do alone. I’m trying to say, Let’s put our briefcases on our heads, in the sudden rain, & continue meeting as if we’ve just been given our names.

Three Dreams for the Price of One by Chen Chen