Catherine Chen is a poet and performer of Taiwanese heritage. Their writing has been published in Slate, The Rumpus, Hypoallergic, Apogee, and Nat.Brut, among others. They are the author of the chapbook Manifesto, or: Hysteria (Big Lucks, 2019) and the forthcoming full-length collection Beautiful Machine Woman Language (Noemi Press, 2023). They have been awarded fellowships and residencies from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Monson Arts Center, Millay Colony, Poets House, and Lambda Literary.
They have performed at the Museum of Moving Image, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Omaha Under the Radar, Nowadays, and elsewhere. Their work has been supported by Creative Capital, Ma-Yi Theater, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and City Artists Grant Corps via New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), and Sundress Academy for the Arts.
Photo by Caitlin Vazquez