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Poetry Foundation - Poem of the Day
January 26, 2023
"Chinese Female Kung-fu Superheroes" by Teresa Mei Chuc

https://mailchi.mp/poetryfoundation/ldstqhci92?e=3d92ad71fb



University of Alaska Southeast
Waging Peace in Vietnam: Anti-War Poetry and Story Sharing
with Doug Rawlings and Teresa Mei Chuc
Thursday, December 1, 2022 on Zoom


A Day of Poetry in L.A.: A Special Celebration of Poetry and Community
Saturday, August 13, 2022, 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Teresa Mei Chuc reads her poem, ¨Quan Âm on a Dragon,¨ at 59:26 minutes. 
Teresa Mei Chuc reads her poem, ¨Quan Âm on a Dragon.¨



​Sims Library of Poetry - Asian American Pacific Islander AAPI Show, Saturday, May 14, 2022 featuring Teresa Mei Chuc, Ellen Webre, Soul STUF, Ravina Wadhwani

Teresa Mei Chuc's set begins at 22:54 on YouTube Live


Pasadena LitFest 2022
​Pasadena Rose Poets reading at Vroman's Bookstore Courtyard

Teresa Mei Chuc is reading her poem, "Grandma (A Hologram)," dedicated to her late paternal grandmother.


​WEHO READS 2020 ROAD TO JOY - BOOKSWELL READING - EXPLORATIONS BEYOND BORDERS, MAY 4, 2022 AT 6 P.M.


​Cobalt Poets
 & VCP SoCal Poets featuring TERESA MEI CHUC
​on Tuesday, April 19, 2022

https://www.facebook.com/RickPoet/videos/361242129281582/


​Teresa Mei Chuc reading as a featured poet at MOBAR Cafe's Open Mic
​on Wed., April 13, 2022

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College of Southern Maryland Connections
Spring 2022 Literary Series Events
Teresa Mei Chuc in Conversation with Doug Rawlings
Wed., April 13, 2022


​La Palabra Poetry Reading at Avenue 50 Studio on Sunday, March 27, 2022
Featuring Alicia Viguer-Espert, Teresa Mei Chuc, and Cesar Avelar. Hosted by Angelina Saenz.
​(below reading by Teresa Mei Chuc)

For full La Palabra reading go to the Facebook Live recording:  https://www.facebook.com/236744426369598/videos/1281945965626877/


​41st Wildwood Writers' Festival, March 24, 2022 

Watch on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/E4xGxIHLaWo


​www.Poetry.LA  Interview with Teresa Mei Chuc, hosted by Mariano Zaro - January 8, 2022 Santa Monica, CA   ​https://youtu.be/ITfhUmHcyJY

My Poetry.LA interview is a Poets & Writers Pick of the Day (Jan.24, 2022)
​https://www.pw.org/content/poetryla_interview_with_teresa_mei_chuc
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Red Thread: Poems by Teresa Mei Chuc
Audiobook on SoundCloud (listen for free) 

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To listen to the audiobook for Red Thread: Poems for free, go to 
https://soundcloud.com/user-207787259/sets/red-thread-poems-by-teresa-mei
 
This audiobook was recorded by Joseph Paz Dominguez at Mycorrhiza Studios in Alhambra, California. 



​Deep Dive: Agent Blue (Part 2) - A Conversation with Annika Naramreddy
on her blog UNPUBLICIZED EFFECTS OF WAR
https://unpublicizedwar.wixsite.com/blog/post/deep-dive-agent-blue-part-2

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Teresa Mei Chuc will be participating in LitFest Pasadena 2021 and sharing her poetry virtually as part of the Pasadena Rose Poets.

Teresa reads her poems, "Agent Blue" and "Photosynthesis," beginning at 3:50:46 in the video of the virtual event. 

https://www.facebook.com/LitFestPasadena/videos/467780937646578/
http://litfestpasadena.org/schedule/

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Listen to SKYLIT: X LA Poets Group Read on podbean
https://skylightbooks.podbean.com/e/skylit-x-la-poets-group-read/


​Skylight Books podcasts with XLA Poets

May 12, 2021 at 11 a.m.
http://skylightbooks.podbean.com/​
​https://www.skylightbooks.com/podcasts


Poems on Air Podcasts - Los Angeles Public Library
A weekly reading of poetry by Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson.

Honored that Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson will be reading my poem, "Agent Blue," on Poems on Air Podcasts to kick off Asian American voices in May! ​

https://www.lapl.org/books-emedia/podcasts/poems-air/episode-6

https://lapl.org/books-emedia/podcasts/poems-on-air


​Celebrating National Poetry Month - Teresa Mei Chuc shares a writing prompt on VCP SoCal Poets

Let’s write a poem! Try this writing prompt and other writing prompts @vcp_socal! ️

#Repost @vcp_socal 
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Today, April 8, 2021, Teresa Mei Chuc gives us organic direction for writing a persona poem.

#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetryofinstagram #poetryisnotdead #poetryislife #poetrychallenge #poetsofla #socalpoets #napowrimo2021 #nationalpoetrymonthchallenge



A Virtual Garden of Verses. A nature-themed poetry reading on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Sponsored by the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. Teresa Mei Chuc begins reading at 2:36:24. 


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Teresa Mei Chuc, Featured Poetry Reading with Open Mic on Tues., Sept. 8, 2020 at 7 p.m. on Zoom, Poets in Play sponsored by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes in New York and Poets & Writers. (recording started five minutes or so into the reading)


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​"Keep Us Alive"
Featuring poetry "Photosynthesis" by Teresa Mei Chuc and poetry by Ninjosh

A creative expression of our efforts in striving to be stewards of the earth, community and regeneration. Music by groakers Jo Dominguez and Ninjosh. Teresa Mei Chuc on bass guitar. Produced by Jo Paz @mycorrhiza_studios




Music by Groakers

Featuring Teresa Mei Chuc on Electric Violin
​Poem "i admire this sheep" by Teresa Mei Chuc
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​i admire this sheep


its intestines wound
up, catgut

i am thinking of 
mozart’s symphonies
beethoven
bach
papa john creach
don “sugarcane” harris

violinists playing 
on this string, organ
stripped and twisted
once in the stomach
of a sheep
warm and surrounded 
by the pumping
of blood

and the beautiful 
music it makes

i am thinking of
my body

what part
could make
such sounds

my heart
perhaps
the way it
beats on a 
page

my leg bones
for drumming

my hair
what sound
could my hair 
make?
not strong enough 
to be strung 
on a bow

By Teresa Mei Chuc 


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​"Cockroaches" by Teresa Mei Chuc (audio)

This poem is based on a true story of Teresa and her brother after the American war in Vietnam. 

​COCKROACHES


A proposal by someone to my mom
after the Vietnam war: Why don’t
you sell your baby, you don’t have
anything to eat?


A response by my four-year-old brother:
No, don’t sell my sister! There are lots
of cockroaches for us to eat!


When I returned to the country
eighteen years later, I saw them--
large, brown shiny tanks on the wall,
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evidence of my brother’s love for me.


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​Pasadena Rose Poets at the City Council Chambers
in 2017 and 2018

https://vimeo.com/280287787
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Pasadena Rose Poets at the Huntington Library, Art Collections
and Botanical Gardens in December 2017

https://vimeo.com/280275853
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Teresa Mei Chuc, as a Pasadena Rose Poet, reads two poems about houselessness during the Pasadena City Council meeting at Pasadena City Hall on Monday, November 13, 2017. ​https://coloradoboulevard.net/pacific-oaks-polytechnic-and-land-use/ 


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Out of Bounds Radio Show - WEOS 89.7 FM & 90.3 FM (Geneva, NY)
& WSKG 89.3 FM (Binghamton, NY)/90.9 FM (Ithaca, NY)
features an interview and poetry reading 
with Teresa Mei Chuc


Archive link:
​http://outofboundsradioshow.com/shows/teresa-mei-chuc/

​Press Release

The Out of Bounds Radio Show with Tish Pearlman
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http://outofboundsradioshow.com/


we feature poet/publisher and educator

Teresa Mei Chuc

Chuc was born in Saigon and immigrated to the US under political asylum
with her mother and brother after the Vietnam war. She is a graduate of Goddard
College and is author of two full-length collections of poetry, Red Thread and
Keeper of the Winds. Her most recent collection, and what we'll be
discussing, is a chapbook called How One Loses Notes and Sounds. This beautiful
and powerful collection continues Chuc's exploration of the lasting legacy of
the Vietnam war for her and her family.

Broadcast Dates and Times:


Sat., July 30, 2016 at 3:30 pm: WEOS-FM ( 90.3 & 89.5 Geneva region)

Live Stream: WEOS.org  Live Stream
 
Sun., August 7, 2016 at 11:30 am: WSKG-FM 89.3 Binghamton, 90.9 Ithaca 91.7 Cooperstown/Oneonta, 91.1 Corning/Elmira, 88.7 Hornell/Alfred)  WSKG.org  Live Stream
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Teresa Mei Chuc, Carol J. Painter and Out of Bounds Radio Show host Tish Pearlman
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Sound Engineer Nate and Teresa Mei Chuc at the radio station in Ithaca, NY recording for the show Out of Bounds.
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Sound Engineer Nate and Teresa Mei Chuc at the radio station in Ithaca, NY recording for the show Out of Bounds.


​Poet E. Ethelbert Miller's Radio Show
with Teresa Mei Chuc 
ON THE MARGIN (WPFW 89.3 FM)
airing on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 9 a.m. Eastern 

http://wpfwfm.org/radio/
WPFW 89.3 FM
1990 K St NW; Suite 14R Washington, DC 20006
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Teresa Mei Chuc and E. Ethelbert Miller (2016)


​tricycle: The Buddhist Review
features Teresa Mei Chuc's poems
and her talk on the connection between the creative process
and Buddhism for National Poetry Month
​April 11, 2016

​Poetry Month Week 2: Using Poetry to Work through Difficult Subjects Poet Teresa Mei Chuc uses meditation and compassion to confront war, immigration, and other emotional subjects in her work.

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http://tricycle.org/trikedaily/poetry-month-week-2-using-poetry-to-work-through-difficult-subjects/



​AWP 2016 Panel - The Asian Face of War,
​Teresa Mei Chuc reads her poem, "Agent Blue" 
Los Angeles Convention Center
Thursday, ​March 31, 2016


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​AWP 2016 Panel - The Asian Face of War,
​Teresa Mei Chuc reads her poem, "Agent Orange" 
​Los Angeles Convention Center
Thursday, ​March 31, 2016


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​La Palabra at Avenue 50 Studio, Open Mic, Sun., March 20, 2016
Teresa Mei Chuc reads her poem,
"Quan Am on a Dragon"


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​USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California,
Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 2 p.m. 
​drawn to the light: 2015 So. Cal. Haiku Anthology  

Teresa Mei Chuc reads her haiku/senryu
from the anthology.


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Teresa Mei Chuc's poem, "Agent Blue," is the featured
Poem of the Month for the month of October 2015​
at the Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library Bookstore
in Sunland-Tujunga, California

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​Teresa Mei Chuc's SoundCloud - Audio Recordings of Poems

https://soundcloud.com/teresa-mei-chuc



Teresa Mei Chuc - Poetry Reading 
Center for East-West Cultures and Languages, 
Dong Tay Cultural Center
June 12, 2015 at 6 p.m., Hanoi, Vietnam

Teresa Mei Chuc reads from her poetry collections, Red Thread and Keeper of the Winds, as well as new poems at East and West Languages and Cultures Center, Dong Tay Cultural Center, June 12, 2015 at 7 p.m., Thư viện – Cafe Đông Tây, Nhà 11A, Trần Quý Kiên, Cầu Giấy, Hà Nội, Viet Nam. 
Literary critic and emcee Phạm Xuân Nguyên introduces Teresa Mei Chuc and Poet Dang Than reads the Vietnamese translations of Teresa Mei Chuc's poems. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KasAKwWL0to
https://youtu.be/F0y3bz888R0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcwP36iMlFE



2015 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival, 
Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 3:30 p.m., 
Santa Catalina Branch Library, Pasadena, CA.  



Kellogg Writers Series, University of Indianapolis
March 16, 2015, 7:30 p.m. in SC 10 
Featuring Teresa Mei Chuc


Youtube link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNGjIygtW8o


Audio:



Five poems by Teresa Mei Chuc were translated into Japanese.

Five poems by Teresa Mei Chuc, "Cockroaches," "When I First Saw Daddy," "Grandma (A Hologram)," "The Road," and "Ocean in a Conch Shell," were translated into Japanese by brilliant Japanese Tanka Poet, Mariko Kitakubo. 


Listen to the poems in Japanese:



Poetry Film featuring Teresa Mei Chuc's poem, "I took nothing" 

Video / animation / digital images by Jutta Pryor.
Written and read by Teresa Mei Chuc.
Soundscape by Masonik.



"I took nothing'' was selected for showing with other Poetry Films in the city of Gijon, Spain 
by filmmaker Eduardo Yagüe. The Festival in Gijón (March 19, 20 and 21) is called "Deletréame poesía." 


"I took nothing" was selected to be presented in FILE Video Art, part of FILE 2015 - 
Electronic Language International Festival. The exhibition was held from June 15 to July 19 
at Fiesp Cultural Center - Ruth Cardoso, located at Paulista Avenue, 1313, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

http://file.org.br/videoarte_sp_2015/file-sao-paulo-2015-video-art-5/

LIGHT after DARK - Experimental Film Poetry
Link to film: https://vimeopro.com/pryorart/light-after-dark-experimental-film-poetry-and-sound/video/116822175

La vídeo-poesía llena la capilla del Museo Barjola  http://www.elcomercio.es/culturas/libros/201503/20/video-poesia-llena-capilla-20150320001756-v.html



Teresa Mei Chuc reads three poems in Vietnamese:

"Những cái tên" / "Names"


 "Trong sự ngợi ca cái không"
"In Praise of Emptiness"


"Khi tôi gặp ba lần đầu"
"When I First Saw Daddy"


www.Poetry.LA - February 8, 2015

http://www.poetry.la/page419.html



Teresa Mei Chuc reads her poetry 
at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California
on December 20, 2014

on LA Artstream
http://vimeo.com/115251077



Poets Cafe on KPFK 90.7 FM  Los Angeles

Poets Cafe KPFK FM 90.7 FM Los Angeles features Poems on Immigration. Two of Teresa Mei Chuc's poems, "Immigration" and "accents," are featured on July 14, 2014. Please click on these links to listen to the poems:

"Immigration"

 http://poetscafe.podomatic.com/entry/2014-07-14T10_15_22-07_00

"accents"
http://poetscafe.podomatic.com/entry/2014-07-14T10_22_58-07_00



KUSP 88.9: Central Coast Public Radio

June 23rd, 2014. Host Dennis Morton reads poems from issues #43 and #44 of Rattle magazine,
including the poem "I Took Nothing" by Teresa Mei Chuc (Rattle #44).
The show also features selections from a CD of Hayden Carruth reading his own poetry. 
The CD is titled Hayden Carruth: A Listener's Guide (Copper Canyon Listener's Guides).

Here is the link to the radio show:
http://blogs.kusp.org/poetryshow/2014/06/23/rattle-43-44-carruth-on-cd/



Wake Up and Smell the Poetry, HCAM Television, Hopkinton, MA, 
Saturday, June 21, 2014, 10:30 a.m.

Featured poets Teresa Mei Chuc, Elijah Imlay and music duo Ergo Canto. The poems, stories and songs performed are available for viewing on http://www.hcam.tv/wakeup2014 as well as local cable television. The programs can also be accessed on any cable station via Pegmedia through your local cable station director. 
Please click this link for a video recording of Teresa Mei Chuc reading poems 
from her poetry collections Red Thread and Keeper of the Winds 
on June 21, 2014, Wake Up and Smell the Poetry:
http://www.hcam.tv/wakeup2014



COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND, APRIL 4, 2014, 7:30 PM: ROOM BI 103, LA PLATA CAMPUS, CONNECTIONS PRESENTATION: 
TERESA MEI CHUC DISCUSSES AND READS FROM HER POETRY COLLECTION RED THREAD.

Video recording of Teresa Mei Chuc's Connections reading at the College of Southern Maryland 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSNMJWb6W4k



Teresa Mei Chuc reads her translation from the Russian of "Giraffe" by Nikolai Gumilev at the open mic portion of the Rattle Reading Series at the Flintridge Bookstore, June 2, 2013.

The poem first appeared in the Spring 2013 issue of Aldus Journal of Translation:
http://www.theartmovement.info/aldus/



Rattle #36  Reading & Release Party on January 15, 2012 at The Church in Ocean Park,
Santa Monica, California

Teresa Mei Chuc reads "Playground" from issue #36 of Rattle and another poem, "Eternity in Gaza."
(click on play button to listen)
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On Sunday, January 15th, Rattle held a reading for issue #36 at the Church in Ocean Park, in Santa Monica, CA. Eight poets from the issue read samples of their work. (Click on the link below to hear the reading.):

Teresa Chuc
Alan Fox
Sonia Greenfield
Bruce McBirney
Peg Quinn
Diana M. Raab
Ephraim Scott Sommers
Craig van Rooyen

_http://rattle.com/blog/2012/01/rattle-36-winter-reading/



Teresa Mei Chuc - Goddard College Graduating Student Reading,
January 6, 2012, Plainfield, Vermont



Beyond Baroque: New Poets of the American West Anthology reading, Saturday, March 26, 2011 - Teresa Mei Chuc reads her poems "Names" and "Newton's First Law of Motion" and a poem by Corrinne Clegg Hales titled "Covenant: Atomic Energy Commission, 1950s."



Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Grossmont Ctr in La Mesa, Saturday, November 20, 2010:
New Poets of the American West Anthology Reading



Sandra Alcosser is author of Except by Nature (Greywolf Press, 1988) and A Fish to Feed All Hunger (University of Virginia Press, 1986). She is Montana's first poet laureate and currently teaches in the graduate programs of San Diego State and Pacific University.



Karen An-hwei Lee is author of Ardor (Tupelo Press, 2008) and In Medias Res (Sarabande Books, 2004). She is the recipient of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize and the Norma Farber First Book Award.



Following are various poetry reading recordings of contributing poets of New Poets of the American West Anthology:

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