"in the distance there is a violin singing to us/ singing songs unknown to bullets" - Monty Campbell
"Si nada nos salva de la muerte, al menos que el amor nos salve de la vida." - Pablo Neruda
Teresa Mei Chuc was born in Saigon, Vietnam and immigrated to the U.S. under political asylum with her mother and brother shortly after the Vietnam War. Teresa, a fellow and teacher consultant of the Los Angeles Writing Project (a chapter of the National Writing Project), teaches literature and writing at a public inner-city middle school. Teresa has a bachelors degree in philosophy, professional teaching credentials in primary and secondary education, and a Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing (poetry) from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. She served for two years as a poetry editor for Goddard College's Pitkin Review. Teresa's poems were nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2012.
Teresa is founder and editor-in-chief of Shabda Press, and in 2012, she founded Read Poetry Books, a poetry library.
Teresa is working on her first book-length collection of short stories. An avid reader of Russian literature and poetry, Teresa has studied the Russian language for over 15 years and in her spare time, translates her favorite poems.
Teresa is founder and editor-in-chief of Shabda Press, and in 2012, she founded Read Poetry Books, a poetry library.
Teresa is working on her first book-length collection of short stories. An avid reader of Russian literature and poetry, Teresa has studied the Russian language for over 15 years and in her spare time, translates her favorite poems.
Books: Red Thread (Fithian Press, 2012), Year of the Hare (Shabda Press, 2013)
Chapbooks: Cartesian Product (Silkworms Ink, 2010), Cartography of Family (Chippens Press, 2010), Danaus Plexippus Plexippus (Victorian Violet Press, 2010), Truth is Black Rubber (Silkworms Ink, 2010)
Anthologies: L (Silkworms Ink, 2011), New Poets of the American West (Many Voices Press, 2010), Mo (Silkworms Ink, 2011)
Journals: Aldus Journal of Translation, Ascent Aspirations Magazine, Babel Fruit, Big Bridge, Calico Tiger, California English, Da Mau Literary Magazine, EarthSpeak Magazine, English Journal, Hypothetical Review, Jack Magazine, La Bloga, Memoir Journal, Miller's Pond, Mosaic, National Poetry Review, Pitkin Review, PoetryMagazine.com, Rattle, Saltwater Quarterly, Sugar Mule, The Prose-Poem Project, The Splinter Generation, Urban Confustions, Verse Daily, Van nghe Vinh, Veteran Writers Group Quarterly
Chapbooks: Cartesian Product (Silkworms Ink, 2010), Cartography of Family (Chippens Press, 2010), Danaus Plexippus Plexippus (Victorian Violet Press, 2010), Truth is Black Rubber (Silkworms Ink, 2010)
Anthologies: L (Silkworms Ink, 2011), New Poets of the American West (Many Voices Press, 2010), Mo (Silkworms Ink, 2011)
Journals: Aldus Journal of Translation, Ascent Aspirations Magazine, Babel Fruit, Big Bridge, Calico Tiger, California English, Da Mau Literary Magazine, EarthSpeak Magazine, English Journal, Hypothetical Review, Jack Magazine, La Bloga, Memoir Journal, Miller's Pond, Mosaic, National Poetry Review, Pitkin Review, PoetryMagazine.com, Rattle, Saltwater Quarterly, Sugar Mule, The Prose-Poem Project, The Splinter Generation, Urban Confustions, Verse Daily, Van nghe Vinh, Veteran Writers Group Quarterly
