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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Please join us in conversation about immigrant rights on youtube live this Saturday Sept 12 3pm pacific time. Click on the live tab that time: www.youtube.com/@jencvoice

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Congrats to all the finalists and winners of the Hugo Awards! www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history...

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#booksky writers and poets! Check out this project for developing your chapbook and literary career. www.wokelicious.com/fountain-fellows

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Applications for Fountain Fellows open Sept 1 for chapbook publishing, mentorship, & career development. #booksky

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Thanks to “Art Needs Us” for an interview about creating community. Link in comments.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Save the date for this salon with a multi-genre writer and interdisciplinary scholar: Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera. Sunday Sep 13th, 2pm. RSVP early. See link in comments.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I grew up with Cantonese as my mother tongue and our pronouns are nonbinary. Click to open up the screenshot from Wiki.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Did I share that I am excited to be going to Macondo Writers Workshop? #writerslife

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Free poem cards in WeHo and Los Angeles. Ask me where…

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Applications for the 2027-2028 SWWIM Residency at The Betsy-South Beach will be open from 6/1 to 8/1. We can’t wait to read yours! XO SWWIM Team #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #Inclusive #SWWIMResidency #TheBetsyHotel #SWWIMReadingSeries

Image of a flyer with a light aqua-colored pool water background with an image of The Betsy Hotel in a pink light with palm trees. The text reads SWWIM Residency At The Betsy South Beach, Applications Open 6/1 to 8/1, Enjoy a four-day, three-night stay at The Betsy-South Beach, Participate in poetry readings & meet-the-artist events with local Miami artists. Receive a per diem to be used at any The Betsy restaurant and/or room service, Nonrefundable $45 application fee.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🙏Thank you to friends who joined us live and gave us questions. 🌱Hope more people can enjoy our poems and conversation with the replay.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

See you in Baltimore! Come break bread with our party on Thurs March 5, 5:30pm at Angie’s Seafood.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Will you be my hummingbird so we cab pollinate more monkeyflowers to bloom? #valentine #plants

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Sweet bell peppers! Will you be the crunch to my word salad?

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Don’t be so koi! Be my ride-or-die for the Fire Horse Year! #valentine #chinesenewyear

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Are you going to AWP in Baltimore? Come visit us at our party with our amazing readers. More deets: butterfliesanthology.eventbrite.com

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Help us fund the printing of the anthology by preordering on wokelicious.com

Help us fund the printing by preordering the anthology on wokelicious.com

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Me and reindeer antlers writing a poem while handling calls for the Holiday Poetry Hotline. The gift of poetry in the winter blues of December.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

An ode for my city, referencing We the People. More on my substack open.substack.com/pub/jencvoic...

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

For poems of the season, call 310.853.3952 for poems read and written by West Hollywood’s poets laureate. This week we have one featuring Steven Reigns.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Hope to see new poets come visit with this next poetry writing workshop we have coming up on December 13th, 11am at the WeHo Library. Free, come learn about the poetry pharmacy model and enjoy some holiday treats too.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This Sunday 11/16 2pm, visit with our featured poet and a guest reader circle on the theme “defiance.” Bit.ly/nov2025palabras

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This Saturday afternoon, November 15 at 2pm, come visit with me and others reading Pat Parker’s poems at the West Hollywood Library.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

At the Museum of Social Justice in Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA).

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Thank you to West Hollywood for the honor and privilege of serving 2 years of poet laureate duties. Cupcakes and sweets were served at the end of poetry class at the WeHo Library today to help celebrate the marking of time. 🧁🧁

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Me performing “Prayer of Light” at the National Book Festival hosted by the Library of Congress with other poet laureate fellows @poetsorg.bsky.social 📸 credit Elizabeth Gronlier #booksky

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Save the date for October 12th, a poetry reading with award-winning queer poets in West Hollywood. Info on bit.ly/lgbtqpoetry1012

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

If you’re in the Los Angeles area, you’re invited to the literary salon I host. This Sunday September 28, 2-3:30pm. Info and rsvp on bit.ly/sept2025palabras

Photo: Group of people sitting in a circular format among plants, sharing poetry. An overlay of text offeting info of upcoming event.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Well, this is a good reason to deal with jet lag. #nationalbookfestival #booksky

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Found this photo of me a few years ago volunteering at a fruit pick where we donate the harvest to food banks and community kitchens. I don’t always remember to document the stuff I do, but it’s nice to have some photos for when life feels like a blur. #volunteer

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Excited that I learned to how to do Kintsugi today. Inspiration from Leonard Cohen: “There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in”

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Very honored to be in good company among 23 Poet Laureate fellows. #gratitude

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Two writing classes available…one on zoom and the other in LA Chinatown as part of a launch party with the Anthology from Colossus Press.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Beverly Hills, Route 66. Here through Aug 1.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

#booksky Anyone else get stressed out by the 7-day loan on Libby? I’m glad I read CARRIE SOTO IS BACK, but I’m staying away from the 7-day hurry up and read pressure, at least for a while.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Excited for my #sapphic #literary gifts. Check out Headmistress Press for their fun trading cards (and books!) and Sinister Wisdom for their books. Who is going to NYC for the conference hosted by Sinister Wisdom? Please DM me.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Excited about my book haul supporting Book Soup’s 50th Birthday Party (my neighborhood indie bookshop) @booksoupofficial.bsky.social, a chance to read queer stories and discover new authors! I’ve been waiting to read the highly anticipated book by @tinhouse.bsky.social workshop faculty Mac Crane.

Black book bag behind a stack of books which include (from bottom up):
Winter of Worship--a poetry book by Kayleb Rae Candrailli
A Sharp Endless Need--novel by Marisa (Mac) Crane
be gay do crime--short stories anthology edited by Molly Llewellyn + Kristel Buckley
Becoming Real--speculative memoir anthology edited by Laraine Herring
The Paris Novel--a novel by my favorite food writer Ruth Riechl.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

If you have time this Sunday, listen in online with Sandy Yannone’s Poetry Pride Parade 12pm-2pm Pacific. And LA friends, save the date for the next Palabras Literary Salon on Sunday July 20, 2-3:30pm. Events are updated regularly on linktr.ee/jencvoice

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This dress has fabric trimmings advised by a Russian immigrant at the fabric store, sleeves and skirt trim sewn by a Chinese immigrant, and worn by the daughter of Hong Kong immigrants. I’m featured in an article written by a daughter of immigrants honoring 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ leaders in LA.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Thank you to Los Angeles Magazine for the honor to be named among these super amazing icons! #lgbtq #leaders

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Thank you to friend Melinda Palacio for sharing my sapphic poem in her column today in th Santa Barbara Independent.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

If this is the wild frontier where I’m not training AI for free, then perhaps I can share what I’m thinking here? Today, an elder guy told me his marriage is sometimes like being a newlywed on a honeymoon and other times, it’s like he needs to become a single man. I asked him when his birthday…

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Taught a queerified version of “zip, zap, zop!” at the WeHo Arts Pride Festival. Fun times at the LA LGBT Center. #queerarts #lagbtqpride

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Me and dear friend @papapicante showing the class how the improv game “Foreign Poet” is played.

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Me feeling like a lucky girl the last 2 weeks. I’m winning games at mahjong and a few things in life. #nospoilers #poetry #asianamerican #pride

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Anyone out in Pomona area want to come to this Open Mic? Please introduce yourself. #writerscommunity #pomona #southerncalifornia

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