‘How to Write a Poem About Your Body (Which Is to Say, My Body)’ by Stephanie Chan

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by Christine Sloan Stoddard

How to Write a Poem About Your Body (Which Is to Say, My Body)


Stephanie Chan is a poet from Singapore. Their first collection, Roadkill for Beginners, was published by Math Paper Press in 2019. They are a former Singapore and UK poetry slam champion and their writing has been published in Bareknuckle Poet, S. Underpress Press, QLRS and Griffith Review, among others. You can follow them at @stephdogfoot on Twitter and Instagram, and on their website at stephdogfoot.wordpress.com.


Christine Sloan Stoddard is a Salvadoran-American author and interdisciplinary artist who lives in Brooklyn. Her books include Force FedDesert Fox by the SeaBelladonna MagicWater for the Cactus Woman, and other titles. She co-edited Her Plumage: An Anthology of Women’s Writings by Quail Bell Magazine for Quail Bell, the art and literary journal she founded. In 2019, she became the first-ever artist-in-residence at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and earned her MFA from The City College of New York in Manhattan. Later that year, Christine became the artist-in-residence at Heartshare Human Services of New York, where she leads art workshops for adults with disabilities and creates artwork for display. Continuing in the direction of her poetry films like Jaguar in the Cotton FieldDone, and Marine Encounters, Christine has been selected to collaborate with poet Teri Elam for the 2020 Visible Poetry Project. 2020 will mark the release of Christine’s books Naomi & the Reckoning (Finishing Line Press) and Heaven Is A Photograph (CLASH Books).