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Ching-In Chen

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Descended from ocean dwellers, Ching-In Chen is a genderqueer Chinese American writer, community organizer and teacher. They are author of 'The Heart's Traffic: a novel in poems' (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press, 2009) and 'recombinant' (Kelsey Street Press, 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry) as well as chapbooks 'to make black paper sing' (speCt! Books) and 'Kundiman for Kin :: Information Retrieval for Monsters' (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, Leslie Scalapino Finalist). Chen is co-editor of 'The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities' (South End Press, 1st edition; AK Press, 2nd edition) and currently a core member of the Massage Parlor Outreach Project as well as a Kelsey Street Pr ...more

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	The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities by Ching-In Chen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrea Smith (Preface), Jai Dulani (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 1,113 ratings — published 2011 — 9 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
	Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics by T.C. Tolbert (Editor), Trace Peterson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cole Krawitz (Contributor) 4.49 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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
	The Heart's Traffic 4.47 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2009 — 5 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
	The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Partner Abuse in Activist Communities by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Editor), Ching-In Chen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jai Dulani (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 68 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
	Recombinant 4.20 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2017	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
	To Make Black Paper Sing it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Kundiman for Kin/Information Retrieval for Monsters it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2020	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
	Breathing Space it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2025	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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	IMPROVISING the WORLD: a BREAKOUT SESSION/EXPERIMENT in PEDAGOGY by Ching-In Chen (Goodreads Author), Andrea Quaid (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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message 7: by Dojiang

Apr 27, 2011 07:20AM

hi Ching-In, just wanted to say thank you for some really interesting sci-fi books you posted up recently! am adding them to my to-read list too!

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message 6: by Jaree

Apr 16, 2010 04:42AM

Hello, how are you, Ms. Lady?

- Jay

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message 5: by Alvin

Mar 08, 2010 08:39AM

Hi! look me up on Facebook. Thanks for your note, btw.... sorry it took me so long to check my Goodreads acct!

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message 4: by Sharline

Jul 07, 2009 02:19PM

Hey, girl. Question, how many books do you read in a month?

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message 3: by Sarah

Nov 10, 2008 08:39PM

Better get reading!

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message 2: by Ching-In

Sep 04, 2008 12:36AM

thanks t -- excited to read it!

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message 1: by Tara

Sep 03, 2008 06:26AM

Hey Ching-In,
I just had to say that I LOOOOVE Essex Hemphill's CEREMONIES, and seeing his anthology in your list made me want to go back to it. Talk more soon.

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