Joanna Chen

Joanna Chen is a writer and literary translator whose work has been published in Guernica, Asymptote, and Narratively, among others. Her latest full-length translation, The Mulberry Tree, is forthcoming from Shearsman Books in 2024.

Articles

Mammogram Day
The latest from Joanna Chen's series, The View from Here.
Joanna ChenJan 20, 2019
A Book for a Rainy Day
When I was a kid we were forced to read for 15 minutes a day in school...
Joanna ChenNov 22, 2018
A Different Dialogue
"Once a week I travel to the Tarkumia checkpoint that divides the West Bank from Israel, to volunteer with The Road to Recovery."
Joanna ChenSep 27, 2018
When Poetry is a Crime
Joanna Chen visits Dareen Tatour, who currently faces up to eight years in prison in Israel.
Joanna ChenMay 29, 2018
Home and Away
Joanna Chen reflects on her time at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Joanna ChenMay 23, 2018
Immigrant Identities
Joanna Chen meets a woman immigrating to the U.S. on a long overseas flight.
Joanna ChenFeb 12, 2018
Motherhood in Pink
Joanna Chen reflects on Devora Blachor's "The Feminist’s Guide to Raising a Little Princess."
Joanna ChenJan 4, 2018
A Trip to Haworth
Joanna Chen recalls Haworth, the Brontë sisters' village, while visiting Yorkshire, for her series "The View From Here."
Joanna ChenNov 4, 2017
Gazelle in Gaza
Joanna Chen reflects on her friendship with poet Nasser Rabah, in "Gazelle in Gaza."
Joanna ChenSep 14, 2017
The Home of Language
"The Hebrew language is particularly layered — an infrastructure of biblical, cultural, and political roots."
Joanna ChenOct 21, 2015
- Around the World
Figs and Facebook: The Poetry of Agi Mishol
Israel’s popular poet, as seen by her latest translator.
Joanna ChenFeb 8, 2014