Creative Writing

light waves

by Kirsten Shu-ying Chen

Poetry, 2017 - Creative Writing at The New School

Terrapin Books, 2022

Kirsten Shu-ying Chen is a poet, screenwriter and producer. She holds an MFA from the New School and was a finalist for the Autumn House Press Poetry Chapbook Prize, the PANK little books prize and the Grist Nonfiction Pro Forma contest. Her original screenplay Rebel Rebel was a Sundance Episodic Lab finalist, scored a prestigious ‘8’ on the Black List, and was a finalist for the WeScreenplay Diverse Voices award as well as the International Screenwriter’s Association’s Fast Track Fellowship. Her poetry can be found in Best American Poetry, Hanging Loose Press, Lantern Review, The Florida Review, and elsewhere. Light waves is her debut full-length poetry book.

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