Dorothy Chan
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Dorothy Chan is a queer Chinese American poet, editor, and academic.[1] Chan is the author of one chapbook and four full-length poetry collections, and teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.[2]
Education and career
[edit]Chan earned degrees from Cornell University, Arizona State University, and Florida State University.[2] Their chapbook, Chinatown Sonnets, won New Delta Review's sixth annual chapbook contest, judged by Douglas Kearney.[3]
Chan's full-length poetry collections are Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold (2018), Revenge of the Asian Woman (2019), BABE (2021), and Return of the Chinese Femme (2024).[2] Revenge of the Asian Woman was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry and the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize.[4][2] Return of the Chinese Femme was also a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry.[5]
Chan is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and co-founder and editor-in-chief of Honey Literary.[1][2]
Works
[edit]- Chinatown Sonnets (chapbook). New Delta Review. 2017.[3]
- Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold. Spork Press. 2018.[6]
- Revenge of the Asian Woman. Diode Editions. 2019. ISBN 978-1-939728-26-5.[4][2]
- BABE. Diode Editions. 2021.[7]
- Return of the Chinese Femme. Deep Vellum. 2024. ISBN 978-1-64605-310-0.[8][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Dorothy Chan". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dorothy Chan". University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- 1 2 Carmichael, Anna (September 25, 2017). "Alumni wins chapbook contest". Cornell University Department of Literatures in English. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- 1 2 "2020 Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Announced". Poetry Foundation. March 11, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- 1 2 "Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Lammy Awards". Lambda Literary. October 4, 2025. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ Orcutt, Cait Weiss (October 2018). "Review of Dorothy Chan's Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold". Split Lip Magazine. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ Blumberg-Kason, Susan (July 8, 2022). "BABE by Dorothy Chan". Asian Review of Books. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ McPherson-Joseph, Dontaná (May–June 2024). "Review of Return of the Chinese Femme". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- Living people
- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people
- 21st-century American women writers
- American LGBTQ academics
- American LGBTQ people of Asian descent
- American LGBTQ poets
- American queer writers
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Arizona State University alumni
- Cornell University alumni
- Florida State University alumni
- Queer poets
- University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire faculty