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Michael Chin

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Born and raised in Utica, New York and currently living in Nevada with his wife and son, Michael Chin is an alum of the MFA program in creative writing at Oregon State University and the MA program in writing at Johns Hopkins University. He has previously published or has work forthcoming in over 200 different publications, including The Normal School, Passages North, Barrelhouse, Hobart, Front Porch Journal, Bellevue Literary Review, and Prairie Schooner online. He has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize (2016, 2017, 2018), Best New Poets (2016), and Best of the Net honors (2011, 2016, 2017), and had work on the Longlist for Wigleaf's Top 50 Very Short Fictions (2017). He is an Assistant Professor of English at UNLV. ...more

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When I started this blog, ten years ago today, I didn’t know what I was doing. I was in my late twenties and single. I had friends near and far. Family I saw at Thanksgiving time and Christmas. I worked a respectable office job, but as I came to the end of five years of chipping away at a master’s degree in writing, a class at a time over night school and weekends, I knew I wanted a different life Read more of this blog post »

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	My Grandfather's an Immigrant, and So Is Yours 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circus Folk 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The A Cappella Book by Michael Chin (Goodreads Author), Mike Scalise 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Territories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Might Forget the Sky Was Ever Blue 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starlight liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE LONG WAY HOME: STORIES 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories Wrestling Can Tell 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Throw 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Me 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Michael Chin rated a book it was amazing Show Me Where the Hurt Is by Hayden Casey (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This collection, Show Me Where the Hurt Is, was such a powerful meditation on grief—losing people to death, to relationships that will never be the same. Losing a shadow and all the literal and metaphorical implications that come with it. I’ll be thi ...more
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Michael Chin rated a book it was amazing The Migraine Diaries by Zach Powers (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I’ve been thinking a lot about chronic tension in stories, and, between its eponymous migraines and grief and what it means to have an adult social life, The Migraine Diaries is a master class. Another great title from JackLeg Press, and a book every ...more
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I’m not sure I’ve encountered a book that tastes so much like cigarettes—capturing nostalgia and a sense cringe in all the warmest, grossest, most satisfying ways. Add Burn to your reading list ASAP.
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Michael Chin rated a book it was amazing The Rolodex Happenings by Dennis James Sweeney	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Rolodex Happenings is, itself, a happening—book of precise moments, artfully, expertly captured on the page.
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Michael Chin rated a book it was amazing This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers: Stories by John Waddy Bullion	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
“Cold pizza is the official food of misspelled tattoos, one-night stands, and collect calls from county jail.” Not only is This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers crazy good, but, as this Pi Day winds down, it’s worth noting he’s also come up with ...more
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Any Gesture is powerful, inventive, and deeply emotional.
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Michael Chin rated a book it was amazing Midlife Abecedarian by Melissa Fite Johnson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Midlife Abecedarian is clever, nostalgic, and hard to stop reading and rereading.
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Michael Chin rated a book it was amazing Love in the Key of COBRA by Katie Kemple (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Love in the Key of Cobra explores ennui and deep thought with personality and aplomb. Great poetry.
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