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THE HEART'S TRAFFIC: Ching-In Chen

Video

On February 20, 2009, Poetry.la, an online video showcase of poets taped at various venues throughout So. California, taped Ching-In Chen's LA book release party for The Heart's Traffic—see the reading.

Interviews & Profiles Online

• The Heart's Traffic is listed as one of the notable Asian American books of 2009: read the list
• A review of The Heart's Traffic in the September, 2009 BookDragon Blog (Read the Review)
• The Heart's Traffic reviewed in the Summer 2009 Lambda Literary Report (Read the Review)
• An interview (and a poem reprinted from The Heart's Traffic) is up in the new issue of Verdad.
• Two of the poems from The Heart's Traffic ("Two Truths & A Lie" and "Black Light") were finalists for the Borders Open-Door Poetry Contest, judged by Billy Collins.
• Interview with Ching-In Chen by Rigoberto González in National Book Critics Circle blog, April, 2009
• First-book author interview (between Ching-In and Ely Shipley) at Boxcar Poetry Review, March, 2009
• Interview with Ching-In Chen by Bryan Thao Worra on The Other Side of the Eye