Ching-In Chen: Poetry of Activism

IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen attended the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference in Philadelphia last week. Chen presented work on the intersection of community organizing and poetry as part of the “Whenever the Wounds of Injustice are Salted We Will Gather: Poetry of Activism” panel with panelists Sarah Browning, Tamiko Beyer, Vincent Toro and Sonia Sanchez.

Chen also presented on literary activism, art and community-building via their work with Massage Parlor Outreach Project as well as Asian American approaches to cross-racial organizing as part of the “Creative Politics, Political Poetics: Asian American Literary Activism” panel with Purvi Shah, Cathy Linh Che, Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis and Sejal Shah.