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Wendy Chin-Tanner
Born
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. and M.A., English Literature, Churchill College, Cambridge; MPhil and ABD/PhD in Social and Political Science, Darwin College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Poet, Editor, Educator, Essayist
Websitewendychin-tanner.wixsite.com/author/

Wendy Chin-Tanner is an American poet, editor, and educator. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she was born and raised in New York City and educated at Cambridge University.[1][2]

Her first full-length poetry collection, Turn (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2014), was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award[2][3] and won praise from critics including Eduardo Corral, Garrett Hongo, and Cyril Wong.[4][5] A second collection, Anyone Will Tell You, will be published in 2019, also by Sibling Rivalry Press.[6]

Chin-Tanner is a founding editor of Kin Poetry Journal, poetry editor of The Nervous Breakdown,[7] and co-founder of A Wave Blue World, a press specializing in graphic novels.[2] Her poems and other writings have been published by the Asian American Writers' Workshop[8] and in numerous journals and anthologies including The Mays literary anthology of Oxford and Cambridge,[9] The Saint Ann's Review,[10] Literary Mama,[10] The Rumpus,[11] Alternet,[12] XOJane,[13] and Lantern Review: A Journal of Asian American Poetry.[14] She has been profiled and interviewed in the Huffington Post,[15][16] The Collagist,[6] the Atticus Review,[17] and other publications.

Chin-Tanner taught sociology online for Cambridge University.[2] She now teaches writing workshops and guest lectures at various institutions.[1] With Cheryl Strayed, she co-organized the 2017 Writers Resist event in Portland.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bio". Author website.
  2. ^ a b c d "Wendy Chin-Tanner". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Oregon Book Award Finalist Wendy Chin-Tanner". Literary Arts. April 6, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  4. ^ Wong, Cyril (April 27, 2014). "Cyril Wong reviews Turn by Wendy Chin-Tanner". The Mascara Review. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Turn by Wendy Chin-Tanner". Sibling Rivalry Press. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "'The Thin Scrim Between Dark and Dawn': An Interview with Wendy Chin-Tanner". The Collagist. April 24, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  7. ^ "Contributors". The Nervous Breakdown. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  8. ^ "Returning: Two Poems by Wendy Chin-Tanner". Asian American Writers' Workshop. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  9. ^ Prynne, J.H., ed. (1998). "Amazing Grace". The Mays: 45–46. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |editorlink= ignored (|editor-link= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ a b "Contributors". Literary Mama.
  11. ^ "Wendy Chin-Tanner". The Rumpus.
  12. ^ "Empathy for the Devil: We Americans should stop trying not to argue and instead try to argue well". Alternet. February 8, 2017.
  13. ^ "Unconscious Racism is Still Racism, And Asian American Writers Have Had Enough". XOJane. April 27, 2016.
  14. ^ Chin-Tanner, Wendy (2011). "In Our Tongue". Lantern Review. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  15. ^ Shivani, Anis (June 5, 2014). "Video Reading Series June 2014: Eight Emerging Poets and Fiction Writers Read From Their New Work". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  16. ^ Di Donato, Jill (May 5, 2014). "Deconstructing the Poetry Goddess". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  17. ^ Meyerhofer, Michael (November 3, 2015). "Featured Poet: Wendy Chin-Tanner". The Atticus Review. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  18. ^ "Dear Sugar Radio Live: The Writers Resist, Part 1". WBUR. January 20, 2017.
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