Anelise Chen

@anelise_chen

mollusk columnist | creative writing instructor | author of SO MANY OLYMPIC EXERTIONS

New York City
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Joined August 2011
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    14 Apr 2017

    for the next few months i'll be writing a column for on the phylum mollusca.

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  2. Jun 3

    I love this “aftermath of deliberation” pic

    After much deliberation, we are pleased to announce the finalists for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award! Congrats!
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  3. May 28

    Listening to this

    New : I break down the secret Erik Prince/Trump Tower meeting, on Trump’s reign, on the current US torture manual no one talks about & & on Syria. Plus the CIA’s shellfish toxin gun
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  4. May 25

    where are you?

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  5. May 25

    do i have any friends in tunis, barcelona, or madrid? i haven't spent much time outside in madrid as it turns out i am very allergic to this wonderful city.

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  6. Retweeted
    May 22

    Also very excited to announce Anelise Chen’s So Many Olympic Exertions is a semifinalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award! Congrats !

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  7. May 24

    When news arrives unexpectedly. An honor to be in this stack

    Congratulations to the semifinalists for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award!
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  8. Retweeted
    Apr 30

    This week in How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: I’ll be in Maine, Tues; at in NYC with and Wed; at Wharf location in DC Thurs; Debutante’s Ball in Brooklyn on Friday.

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  9. Apr 27

    brilliant, gracious trudged through a late winter blizzard and shared more with me than we could fit in this interview, about the possibility of finding joy and liberation through containment. for

    for today’s , met with to talk about habits, throughlines, mollusks and more
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  10. Retweeted
    Apr 9

    This interview has not only 's interesting thoughts on autofiction, but this story about the San Gabriel Valley !

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  11. Retweeted
    Apr 10

    ✧ . * + · . . ✧ 　 * Humans crave containment: beginnings, ends, finish lines, goals, destinations. ⋆ · 　· 　 ✦ Without containment we would be overwhelmed with the vastness and indifference of the universe. ✦ 　. * 　✵ ~

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    Apr 10

    Anelise Chen is the author of the novel, So Many Olympic Exertions ( 2017). She currently teaches writing at and writes a column on 🐙mollusks🐌 for . ⠀ ⠀ ➫ ➬ ➭ ➮ ➯ ➱

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    Apr 10

    "For a long time, I didn’t know what it meant to see my experience represented in literature." in conversation:

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    Apr 16

    "Any success can also be considered a failure, in some sense, and every failure can also be considered a success because it presents an opportunity to learn." —

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  15. Apr 27

    i will be in conversation with and Aminatta Forna next Wednesday evening to talk about maps and secrets and second chances

    Come see our fave read from HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIoGRAPHICAL NOVEL at AAWW 5/2 🔥. He'll be reading with HAPPINESS author Aminatta Forna and in convo w
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  16. Apr 27

    long belated sharing of links! i enjoyed the last bit of this interview the most. devin said one of the most insightful things about the importance of putting your body through space that i've ever heard

    I had the pleasure of interviewing at length for about sadness, mollusks, fragments, & her novel, So Many Olympic Exertions (), which is one of my favorite, favorite novels.
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    Apr 3

    Discussing autofiction and the Asian diaspora with "So Many Olympic Exertions” author .

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  18. Mar 23

    do i know anyone in boston? i'll be there this weekend!

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    Mar 15

    Boston: Come see (So Many Olympic Exertions) and QM Zhang (Accomplice to Memory) at the new PAO ARTS CENTER at the Boston Chinatown Community Center on Friday March 23!

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  20. Feb 11

    Please come!

    Our next event, Literary Exertions, will bring together three acclaimed writers for a timely conversation on the intersections between literature and sports. Join us, , and on 2/12.
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    Feb 6

    Amazing news! Catch Rowan here on Monday with & !

    Legendary closed a deal for Edelman to develop a feature film with writer Rowan Ricardo Phillips based on the life of the famed baseball player. John Lesher will produce alongside Fuego Films’ Ben Silverman & Jay Weisleder, with Giselle Fernandez & Sandra Condito serving as EPs.
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