The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series, hosted by the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the San Diego State University, celebrates 25 years of SDSU’s MFA in Creative Writing.
Marilyn gave a series of readings in New York and Boston area.
July 27, 2014
Marilyn presented an afternoon of poetry at Back Pages Books, located in Waltham, MA. She was joined by her dear friend Martha Collins, a well known translator and poet, and a founder of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
July 18, 2014
Grolier Poetry Book Store
Grolier Poetry Book Shop, famously located in Harvard Square since 1927, hosted a poetry reading by Marilyn Chin and Afaa Weaver. The room was packed and the audience listened raptly to performances by both famous artists. Afterwards listeners showered Marilyn and Afaa with questions and blogged about it.
July 10, 2014
Marilyn took part in panel on Re-imagining Asian American (and American) Poetry, hosted at MOCA (Museum of Chinese in America) in New York. The panel also included Paulo Javier, Queens Poet Laureate, and John Yau, a prize-winning poet, critic, and publisher of Black Square Editions. John recently published a book of poetry, Further Adventures in Monochrome.
Thinking Its Presence
The event was structured around issues of race and poetry, raised by Professor Dorothy J. Wang in her new book Thinking Its Presence: Form, Race, and Subjectivity in Contemporary Asian American Poetry.
John Yau wrote about the MOCA event and Marilyn’s work in an online magazine Hyperallergic.
Marilyn Chin’s new book of poetry, Hard Love Province, went on sale at Amazon today. First dozen pages of poems can be previewed online by clicking on Look inside.
Also from the new book, poem Two Inch Fables is on Poets.org site, as part of their Poem-a-Day program. Beautiful Boyfriend is on Poetry Foundation site.
On Thursday, Apr 24th, Marilyn Chin will be performing, starting at 7pm, at the Los Angeles Central Library‘s Mark Taper Auditorium, located at 630 W. Fifth Street in the financial district of Los Angeles.
Poetry of America’s 2014 national series taking place in five cities presents a number of distinguished contemporary poets, speaking about Adrienne Rich and Anne Bradstreet, Lucille Clifton and Gertrude Stein.
During the appearance in Los Angeles, Marilyn will share the stage with Toi Derricotte speaking on Anne Sexton and Percival Everett on Gertrude Stein. The performance will be moderated by Alice Quinn, Executive Director, Poetry Society of America.
After the performance a Q&A Panel was led by Alice Quinn.
This year, East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) held its 36th annual conference in Washington, D.C. Marilyn Chin read a collection of ‘bad girl’ haiku from her upcoming book, “Hard Love Province,” during performances held after Gala ceremonies.
At ECAASU’14
Several young Asian American performers were also showcased, including KT Tatara, a stand-up comedian covering “timeless topics such as gender roles and race” and an amazing rapper and spoken word artist Ruby Ibarra.
Ruby Ibarra
After her performance Marilyn met with the audience, answered questions and autographed her books.
Addressing an auditorium full of students in creative writing, Professor Chin encouraged them to set deadlines for themselves and be patient with their work.
Marilyn Chin opened the UHV/ABR Reading Series with an inspired performance on January 30, 2014. Jeffrey Sartain, an assistant professor in the University of Houston-Victoria School of Arts & Sciences, hosted Marilyn’s visit to the town of Victoria, located between San Antonio and Houston, Texas.
The Reading Series is sponsored by American Book Review, a nonprofit, internationally distributed literary journal that specializes in reviews of works published by small presses.
Jeffrey Di Leo, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences and ABR publisher said, “Chin goes beyond writing stories about immigration. It is easy to see why her poetry strikes a chord with readers. Her stories are relatable because everyone is trying to figure out how they fit into the world.”