Marianne Chan
@mariannelchan.bsky.social
Author of All Heathens and Leaving Biddle City, both from @sarabandebooks | Assistant Prof at Old Dominion University
I’m excited to share that I have three poems in the recent issue of Five Points. Here’s one of them.
I’m so honored to be here alongside some brilliant poets, including Naomi Shihab Nye, Jessica Abughattas, Ethan Chua, and others. 💗 Thanks to Megan Sexton and all the folx who work at Five Points.
I’m so honored to be here alongside some brilliant poets, including Naomi Shihab Nye, Jessica Abughattas, Ethan Chua, and others. 💗 Thanks to Megan Sexton and all the folx who work at Five Points.
April 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’m excited to share that I have three poems in the recent issue of Five Points. Here’s one of them.
I’m so honored to be here alongside some brilliant poets, including Naomi Shihab Nye, Jessica Abughattas, Ethan Chua, and others. 💗 Thanks to Megan Sexton and all the folx who work at Five Points.
I’m so honored to be here alongside some brilliant poets, including Naomi Shihab Nye, Jessica Abughattas, Ethan Chua, and others. 💗 Thanks to Megan Sexton and all the folx who work at Five Points.
Happy National Poetry Month. Here's a prompt by Haki R. Madhubuti.
April 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Happy National Poetry Month. Here's a prompt by Haki R. Madhubuti.
It’s the 5th anniversary of ALL HEATHENS! To mark the occasion, I donated to Doctors Without Borders and PCRF. Want to join me? I’ll send a signed copy of ALL HEATHENS or LEAVING BIDDLE CITY for a $20+ donation. Limited # of copies—DM me if you're interested!
March 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It’s the 5th anniversary of ALL HEATHENS! To mark the occasion, I donated to Doctors Without Borders and PCRF. Want to join me? I’ll send a signed copy of ALL HEATHENS or LEAVING BIDDLE CITY for a $20+ donation. Limited # of copies—DM me if you're interested!
Hello, friends! I’ll be at #AWP2025 for a day. I’ll be signing books for the @sarabandebooks.bsky.social, and I’m also moderating a panel ft. some brilliant poets (see below).
Will you be there? If so, let’s hang, or at least exchange enthusiastic nods across a crowded convention center!
Will you be there? If so, let’s hang, or at least exchange enthusiastic nods across a crowded convention center!
March 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hello, friends! I’ll be at #AWP2025 for a day. I’ll be signing books for the @sarabandebooks.bsky.social, and I’m also moderating a panel ft. some brilliant poets (see below).
Will you be there? If so, let’s hang, or at least exchange enthusiastic nods across a crowded convention center!
Will you be there? If so, let’s hang, or at least exchange enthusiastic nods across a crowded convention center!
Thank you for the strangeness, sir.
January 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Thank you for the strangeness, sir.
Never been much of a love poet, but here’s my attempt at writing a love poem for my love, published in the Winter 2025 issue of @sixthfinch. Thanks to Rob MacDonald for giving this piece a beautiful home.
Read the whole issue here: sixthfinch.com
Read the whole issue here: sixthfinch.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Never been much of a love poet, but here’s my attempt at writing a love poem for my love, published in the Winter 2025 issue of @sixthfinch. Thanks to Rob MacDonald for giving this piece a beautiful home.
Read the whole issue here: sixthfinch.com
Read the whole issue here: sixthfinch.com
New Year’s Resolution: Lie around more.
January 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
New Year’s Resolution: Lie around more.
Gosh, thank you to @hollyamos22.bsky.social and the @poetryfoundation.bsky.social for including Leaving Biddle City in your 2024 Staff Picks!
December 31, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Gosh, thank you to @hollyamos22.bsky.social and the @poetryfoundation.bsky.social for including Leaving Biddle City in your 2024 Staff Picks!
I did find these Trump nestling dolls at a Williamsburg holiday store.
December 22, 2024 at 1:45 AM
I did find these Trump nestling dolls at a Williamsburg holiday store.
Anyone’s Spotify Wrapped look like this?
December 16, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Anyone’s Spotify Wrapped look like this?
Love Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge's Wikipedia picture.
December 14, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Love Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge's Wikipedia picture.
My midlife crisis involves listening to 90s grunge, wearing faux leather, and taking moody pics of myself at red lights
December 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM
My midlife crisis involves listening to 90s grunge, wearing faux leather, and taking moody pics of myself at red lights
RIP, Nikki Giovanni.
December 10, 2024 at 2:55 PM
RIP, Nikki Giovanni.
Losing a Language
We were born with a
large door on our backs. When will
we know if it opens?
—Victoria Chang, The Trees Witness Everything
@victoriachang.bsky.social
We were born with a
large door on our backs. When will
we know if it opens?
—Victoria Chang, The Trees Witness Everything
@victoriachang.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Losing a Language
We were born with a
large door on our backs. When will
we know if it opens?
—Victoria Chang, The Trees Witness Everything
@victoriachang.bsky.social
We were born with a
large door on our backs. When will
we know if it opens?
—Victoria Chang, The Trees Witness Everything
@victoriachang.bsky.social
From Diane Seuss’ four-legged girl
December 5, 2024 at 10:39 PM
From Diane Seuss’ four-legged girl
“You call me ho; it’s short for home.”
“Terms and Conditions” from Cindy Juyoung Ok’s Ward Toward.
“Terms and Conditions” from Cindy Juyoung Ok’s Ward Toward.
November 25, 2024 at 6:05 PM
“You call me ho; it’s short for home.”
“Terms and Conditions” from Cindy Juyoung Ok’s Ward Toward.
“Terms and Conditions” from Cindy Juyoung Ok’s Ward Toward.
Nick Flynn
TW: suicide, addiction
TW: suicide, addiction
November 25, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Nick Flynn
TW: suicide, addiction
TW: suicide, addiction
Another painful marital conversation from Louise Glück’s Meadowlands
Poets are the meanest
Poets are the meanest
November 21, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Another painful marital conversation from Louise Glück’s Meadowlands
Poets are the meanest
Poets are the meanest
“The Dream” from Louise Glück’s Meadowlands.
I love these snippets of dialogue from a marriage.
I love these snippets of dialogue from a marriage.
November 21, 2024 at 3:01 PM
“The Dream” from Louise Glück’s Meadowlands.
I love these snippets of dialogue from a marriage.
I love these snippets of dialogue from a marriage.
“Ode to Pablo Neruda’s ‘Ode to a Lemon’” by Roger Reeves.
This is from Best Barbarian (W.W. Norton)
This is from Best Barbarian (W.W. Norton)
November 20, 2024 at 3:43 PM
“Ode to Pablo Neruda’s ‘Ode to a Lemon’” by Roger Reeves.
This is from Best Barbarian (W.W. Norton)
This is from Best Barbarian (W.W. Norton)
Hello! Glad to be here with you all. I’m Marianne, and I’m a poet. I’d like to use this platform to share poems I love. Here’s one by Jjjjjerome Ellis, from their book Aster of Ceremonies (Milkweed).
November 19, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Hello! Glad to be here with you all. I’m Marianne, and I’m a poet. I’d like to use this platform to share poems I love. Here’s one by Jjjjjerome Ellis, from their book Aster of Ceremonies (Milkweed).