Wendy Chen is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Most Promising Young Poet Prize, and fellowships from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Her work has appeared in Crazyhorse, Rattle, American Poets, and A Public Space. She earned her MFA in poetry from Syracuse University and is co-founder and editor for Figure 1.

Books by Wendy Chen:

Other poems on the web by Wendy Chen:
Four poems
Four poems
"They Sail Across the Mirrored Sea"

Wendy Chen's Website.

Wendy Chen on Twitter.

About Unearthings:

"From the beautiful and horrible bindings and boundaries of family and history (both public and private), Wendy Chen has fashioned an unputdownable marvel of a collection. Unearthings is clear as spring water and fast moving and baptismal in its ice and fire. Chen will say anything so long as it's both beautiful and true. Hers is a singular voice--lyrical and smart and wise, and I predict this book will echo in all of us for ages to come. A dazzling debut and this year's must-read book of poetry."
—Mary Karr