Ken Chen Explained

Ken Chen
Birth Place:	San Diego, California, U.S.
Alma Mater:	University of California, Berkeley, Yale Law School
Occupation:	Poet, Lawyer

Ken Chen (born 1979 San Diego, California) is an American poet and lawyer.

Early life

In 1979, Chen was born in San Diego, California. Chen's parents are immigrant from Taiwan. Chen grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1]

Education

In 2001, Chen earned a BA degree in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley. In spring 2005 Chen earned a JD from Yale Law School.^[2]

Career

Chen was an editor of Arts & Letters Daily while at Berkeley and worked at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP after law school. He is currently director of the Asian American Writers' Workshop.^[3]

His writing has been published the Art Asia Pacific, Boston Review of Books, Manoa, Field, Pleiades,^[4] and Barrow Street, Bridge, Radical Society, 5 Fingers Review,^[5] and Palimpsest.

In 2004, Chen started his law career at Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, L.L.P in New York City, New York.^[2]

Personal life

Chen lives in Brooklyn, New York.^{[6] [7]}

Awards

• 2010 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition^[8]

Works

• Book: Juvenilia. 978-0-300-16007-9. Yale University Press. April 2010 .
• Book: Best American Essays 2006. registration. Houghton Mifflin. 2006. 978-0-618-70529-0 .

External links

• Author's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 世界新聞網 . 2020-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617144302/http://www.worldjournal.com/view/full_news/7932032/article-%E8%80%B6%E9%AD%AF%E9%9D%92%E5%B9%B4%E8%A9%A9%E4%BA%BA%E7%8D%8E-%E9%A6%96%E9%A0%92%E8%8F%AF%E8%A3%94?instance=hof2 . 2010-06-17 . dead .
2. Web site: Resume of Ken Chen kenchen.org. May 11, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065039/http://www.kenchen.org/resume.htm. September 25, 2018. dead.
3. Web site: Ken Chen Named Executive Director of Asian American Writers' Workshop | Daily News | Poets & Writers. 7 April 2008 . pw.org. 2016-06-20.
4. Web site: University of Central Missouri. ucmo.edu. 2016-06-20.
5. Book: Five Fingers Review. Bachman, M.. 2002. Five Fingers Poetry. 9781880627099. 0898-0233. 2016-06-20.
6. Web site: The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize 2005, Two Poems by Ken Chen. waywiser-press.com. 2016-06-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182223/http://waywiser-press.com/kenchen.html. 2016-03-03. dead.
7. Web site: Glück Picks Ken Chen For Yale Younger Poets Prize | Poets and Writers. 29 May 2009 . pw.org. 2016-06-20.
8. Web site: you are here: Congratulations to Ken Chen, Recipient of the 2009 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. 26 May 2009 . apapoetry.blogspot.com. 2016-06-20.