“there was a war and i slept through most of it. i sold buttons for buns. my older sister darned soldiers uniforms in search of a husband. soldiers were gainfully employed. most young men look good in uniform. one spring i rented a room in the working-class neighborhood behind the governors palace. everyday i leapt […]
Catherine Chen
CATHERINE CHEN is a multidisciplinary poet and performer living in Brooklyn. Their practice activates a kind of architectural writing exploring the ways they inhabit rituals of mourning, desire, and postcolonial identity making. A Lambda Literary and Poets House fellow, they have received artist support and fellowships from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (Arts Center at Governors Island), Theater Mitu, Franconia Sculpture Park, and Monson Arts Center. They are the author of Beautiful Machine Woman Language (Noemi Press, 2023) and Manifesto, or: Hysteria (Big Lucks, 2019).
