Marianne Chan

If I can finish grading 3 assignments, I'm going to gift myself an ice cream sandwich.

😁

Was it Laura Jekel!?!

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.

Happy National Poetry Month. Here's a prompt by Haki R. Madhubuti.

"I Live For My Car" written and read by Wanda Coleman YouTube video by g.i.g. worldwide entertainment

There's no poet like her.

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a woman is riding on the back of a pink horse ALT: a woman is riding on the back of a pink horse

If yr teaching meter, here are some lines from "Pink Pony Club" that are in iambs:

"I'm having wicked dreams of leaving Tennessee."

"I can't ignore the crazy visions of me in LA."

My students scanned their sonnet lines by singing them to the tune of these @chappellroanbr.bsky.social lines. Dope.

Bundle two of @mariannelchan.bsky.social’s books with a reader’s choice for 20% off at @sarabandebooks.bsky.social! #AWP25

Marianne, Anna, Katie at AWP!

Marianne and Katie, back to back, at awp

Look who our current Fiction Editor @annablabs.bsky.social ran into at #AWP25! Our former Fiction Editor Katie Flynn! ANNNDDDD our Former Poetry Editor @mariannelchan.bsky.social 💜

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

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!

Toward a More Generous Pedagogy I don’t remember what made me pull the fat hardcover off my poetry shelf one day not long ago. It was one I had picked up secondhand on the Upper West Side in my grad school days, with a green line…

Been reflecting on my own pedagogy lately, and I'm reading more teaching texts. I appreciated this one by Michele Herman.

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Exactly right

I feel like all I ever talk about nowadays is exhaustion. It’s my whole personality, being tired.

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I still can't believe immigration lawyers are strongly recommending that anyone who doesn't have US citizenship avoid international travel and the multiple cases this year that prompted that advice

i have been watching clips of the classicist Emily Wilson perform excerpts from her translations of the Odyssey and the Illiad and she is one of the most captivating speakers i have ever seen?

Nice 😅

Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.

I wrote about the Trump administration's assault on higher education & what's really going on:

"If, during the Cold War, the government funded universities as a way of strengthening America, Mr. Trump’s second administration treats them as a threat to be dismantled."
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Why is coffee not a deductible?

About last night. Just....joy. With @feliciazamorapoet.bsky.social and @mariannelchan.bsky.social at @downboundbooks.bsky.social

Aw, thank you for drawing connections between these two pieces!

What are your favorite poem endings?

Flyer for a poetry reading at Downbound Books in Cincinnati's Northside neighborhood on March the 8th at 5:00 p.m. featuring The poets Marianne Chan Ben Kline and Felicia Zamora

One month from today! Join @mariannelchan.bsky.social, me, and @feliciazamorapoet.bsky.social at Downbound Books as we read from new books and broadcast some poetry into these dark times.

Saturday March 8 at 5pm!

I agree! I probably just need to exercise more. I think it’s the lack of movement that’s causing it.

My bad posture is hurting me, but slouching is almost essential to my writing practice. WHAT DO I DO?!

AH!