- Tina Chang
Tina Chang is an American
poet , teacher, and editor. She was born in1969 and raised inNew York City . Her first book of poetry, "Half-Lit Houses", was published by Four Way Books in May 2004, and was a finalist for an Asian American Literary Award from theAsian American Writers Workshop . Along with poetsNathalie Handal and Ravi Shankar, she is the co-editor of "Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond",W. W. Norton , 2008.Her work has appeared in numerous journals such as
McSweeney's andPloughshares and her work has been included in the anthologies: "Poetry 30: Poets in their Thirties", (MAMMOTH Books, 2005), "Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation"(University of Illinois Press, 2004), "Asian American Literature" (McGraw-Hill, 2001), and "Identity Lessons" (Penguin, 1999).Chang received her master of fine art's degree in poetry from
Columbia University ’s School of the Arts, where she studied withLucie Brock-Broido ,Lucille Clifton , Alfred Corn,Mark Doty andRichard Howard . She currently teaches atSarah Lawrence College andHunter College .She has held residencies at
MacDowell Colony , Djerassi Artist's Residency,Vermont Studio Center , Ragdale, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation, Blue Mountain Center among others. She has received grants and awards from theNew York Foundation for the Arts , the Barbara Deming Memorial Foundation/Money for Women, and the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Poets & Writers and TheAcademy of American Poets .External links
* [http://www.tinachang.com Homepage for Tina Chang]
* [http://www.guernicamag.com/poetry/436/three_poems_3/ Three Poems at "Guernica Magazine"]
* [http://fishousepoems.org/archives/tina_chang/index.shtml From the Fishouse, audio recordings of Tina Chang's poems]
* [http://poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19775 Poem by Tina Chang] at Poets.org
* [http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19802 Interview with Li-Young Lee]
* [http://www.drunkenboat.com/db9/index.html drunkenboat.com, audio recordings of Tina Chang's poems]
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