Anelise Chen
Anelise Chen | |
|---|---|
Anelise Chen (2017) | |
| Born | Taiwan |
| Occupation | Author |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) New York University (MFA) |
| Notable works | So Many Olympic Exertions (2017) |
Anelise Chen is a Taiwanese-born American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She was named "5 under 35" by the National Book Foundation in 2019.[1]
Her first novel, So Many Olympic Exertions, was published in 2017 by Kaya Press and was named one of the best books of the year by Brooklyn Rail.[2]
Life
She holds degrees from UC Berkeley (B.A. English) and New York University (MFA Fiction). She teaches writing at Columbia University.[3]
Her essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, National Public Radio, BOMB Magazine, The New Republic, Vice, and The Village Voice. She writes a column on mollusks for Paris Review.[4]
She lives in New York City.
Works
- Chen, Anelise (2017). So Many Olympic Exertions. ISBN 978-1-885030-35-1. [5][6]
- Chen, Anelise (2025-06-03). Clam Down. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-9848-0184-5. [7][8][9][10]
References
- ^ "Anelise Chen". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "The Rail's Best Books of 2017". The Brooklyn Rail. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Professor Anelise Chen's New Book 'Clam Down' Out in June | School of the Arts". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "Anelise Chen, Author at The Paris Review". The Paris Review. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Anelise Chen's So Many Olympic Exertions | The Brooklyn Rail". brooklynrail.org. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "Autofiction and the Asian Diaspora: A Q-and-A with Anelise Chen". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ Leu, Chelsea (2025-05-31). "A Memoir of Divorce and Xenophobia, Narrated by a Clam". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "Clam Down: A Metamorphosis by Anelise Chen". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ Lit, Intern Electric (2025-06-05). "This Divorce Memoir Is Told from the Perspective of a Clam". Electric Literature. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "BOMB Magazine | Anelise Chen by Karen Gu". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-22.