http://kirstenshuyingchen.com/about daily 1.0 2026-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53921a91e4b03e47e55fac4b/1404752224430-37GNG4CQN03ZBZ2TZ6GA/Manhattanhenge.PNG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53921a91e4b03e47e55fac4b/f4a7df2d-4491-4cc4-a2b3-04026f2f5c1b/DSCF2911+bw+%281%29.JPG About - poet & writer Kirsten Shu-ying Chen is a poet and writer from the Jersey Shore living in New York City. She is the author of “light waves” by Terrapin Books, a finalist for the Autumn House Press Chapbook Prize and a semi-finalist for the Tomaz Salamun Prize (by Factory Hollow Press) as well as the PANK Little Book Prize. A MacDowell fellow, Chen has twice been nominated for a Pushcart as well as shortlisted for the Disquiet International Literary Prize and the GRIST Pro Forma Contest. Her work has been supported by the NYPL as well as the Museum of the Moving Image. New poetry can be read in Adroit Journal, Bear Review, Ephemera, Rattle, the NYTimes and elsewhere. feel free to reach out directly @kirstenchen3@gmail.com / @tangentpursuit photo by Julia Gorton for Ivy Kirk Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53921a91e4b03e47e55fac4b/029a8d6d-cc78-40e0-8f04-1656b8325fca/IMG_5482.jpg About - poetry. click to read. light waves book. Adroit Journal. “The weeks joys include” and “The week you died” Bear Review. “Most animals” Beaver Magazine. “Friendship in the desert” Bodega Magazine. “Obscenities are make-believe” Ephemera. “As a museum,” “Mapping my mother,” “Most animals,” “Angles” Half Mystic. “Angles” Hanging Loose Press. Heron Tree. “This too shall pass” Inquisitive Eater. “Internal dragons” Lantern Review. “Life on Mars” PANK. NYU Anamesa Journal. NoDear. “A day in the park” Rattle. “Ode to the New York Lantern Fly” Seventh Wave Magazine. “Hubble Deep Field” Texas Review's Gordian Review. Verse Daily. “small talk” Washington Writers Publishing House. “Ode to the local news” Yes Poetry. “A day at the beach,” “Increments of blue http://kirstenshuyingchen.com/readings-press daily 0.75 2023-03-20