L.A. Taco: The 37 Best Books About Los Angeles Culture (and Beyond) Published in 2023
lataco.com/best-books-los-angeles-2023
lataco.com/best-books-los-angeles-2023
L.A. Times: How to Experience L.A Like a Poet by Mark Gozonsky
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2023-12-19/how-to-experience-los-angeles-like-a-poet
Cultural Daily-- Review of X LA Poets, edited by Linda Ravenswood
https://culturaldaily.com/review-of-x-la-poets-edited-by-linda-ravenswood/?fbclid=IwAR26Mjyqyw-nIl8X0Pj3O_jeb-X23cclsssRbAJj43fEWotlXv5cDrPK-b4
Book review for XLA POETS from Terry Wolverton and Cultural Weekly
April 21, 2021
Mycorrhizal Transmission: Review of XLA POETS, edited by Linda Ravenswood, Hinchas Press
https://www.culturalweekly.com/mycorrhizal-transmission-review-of-x-la-poets-edited-by-linda-ravenswood-hinchas-press/
Saigoneer Bookshelf: Multitudes Contained in 'Red Thread' by Teresa Mei Chuc
Published on Wednesday, 26 December 2018 14:00. Written by Paul Christiansen.
https://saigoneer.com/saigon-arts-culture/arts-culture-categories/15231-saigoneer-bookshelf-diversity-in-red-thread-by-teresa-mei-chuc
KCET - From L.A. History to Poetry: 23 Notable Books for 2018 by Mike Sonken
https://www.kcet.org/arts-entertainment/from-la-history-to-poetry-23-notable-books-for-2018?fbclid=IwAR1YtttRQj6rzNbU-7n4Va24pdB0Dzox0-e6iQzp4GDIUQCwsRoxjBuLj0w
Invisible Light by Teresa Mei Chuc is included in this review:
"Invisible Light," Teresa Mei Chuc, Many Voices Press
Teresa Mei Chuc is the Altadena Poet Laureate and an ecopoet of the highest order. Chuc’s latest collection of poems goes from her birthplace in Vietnam and her father’s time in a war camp to her immigration to Southern California and her deep interest in California native plants and the history of the indigenous Tongva tribe. Chuc also laments the plight of Skid Row residents and oil spills in Santa Barbara. Her empathy and compassion can be felt on every page. The last line of her poem, “Women With Carrying Poles,” characterizes much of what she does in these poems: “like my ancestors, I learn to work hard and balance the earth on one shoulder.”
Harvard Review Online
Inheriting the War edited by Lauren McClung
Review by Fred Marchant
http://harvardreview.org/?q=features/book-review/inheriting-war
Inheriting the War edited by Lauren McClung
Review by Fred Marchant
http://harvardreview.org/?q=features/book-review/inheriting-war
WWB Daily (WORDS without BORDERS): Eight Writers Share Their Must-Read Books from Vietnam and the Diaspora https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/eight-writers-share-their-must-read-books-from-vietnam-and-the-diaspora
AUGUST 2017 EXHIBIT AT UNA GALLERY : A BOOK LIST SNAPSHOT (334 BOOKS BY WRITERS OF COLOR FEATURED) www.de-canon.com/blog/2017/10/20/august-2017-exhibit-a-book-list-snapshot
TIENPHONG: Vietnamese poet Nguyen Phan Que Mai wrote an article published in a literary journal, Tienphong, based in Vietnam about Vietnamese American poets who preserve the Vietnamese language in their work.
"The Vietnamese New Year, Tết, is coming. It's time to celebrate what's uniquely Vietnamese. In this article entitled "The Heritage of Our Mothers' Words", published on the special Tết edition of Tiền Phong Weekend, Vietnam's national newspaper, I wrote about efforts of Vietnamese American writers in protecting the color and richness of Vietnamese language in their English writing. Featured in my article are the work of Ocean Vuong, Thanhha Lai, Thi Bui, Cathy Linh Che, and Teresa Mei Chuc. None of these authors has a book translated and published in Vietnam. It's time for this to change."
Review of CONSEQUENCE Magazine https://www.newpages.com/literary-magazine-reviews/consequence-spring-2016
"My favorite poems in this issue are “Take Only What is Most Important” by Serhiy Zhadan and “Fried Pork Skins” by Teresa Mei Chuc. Zhadan’s poem, translated from the Ukrainian by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps, shows the desperation of war refugees fleeing their homes:
Take only what is most important. Take the letters.
Take only what you can carry.
Take the icons and the embroidery, take the silver,
Take the wooden crucifix and the golden replicas
Chuc’s poem, with the subtitle of “A Gift to Her Husband in a Vietcong Reeducation Camp,” shows us a prisoner of war receiving a rare gift from home:
He opened the package slowly, carefully, quietly, making sure no
one heard the wax paper
unfolding in the night.
With the wrapped gift from his wife in his hands, he lay.
He ate the entire package of fried pork skins by himself in a room
without light.
What I enjoy so much about both of these poems is how well each poet writes about how the horrors of war disrupt everyday life, turning people into refugees or prisoners. However, these poets also show us how common people defy the disruptive nature of war and commit to survive and hold on to their humanity."
Reviewers interested in submitting a critical analysis of Red Thread for publication in Valparaiso Poetry Review are invited to e-mail their reviews to [email protected]:
Valparaiso Poetry Review
Edward Byrne, Editor
Department of English
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Voice Magazine (a.k.a. Casa Magazine)
"The Water in the Heart is Pure," Richard Jarrette's Review of How One Loses Notes and Sounds by Teresa Mei Chuc/Interview appears in VOICE MAGAZINE (a.k.a. CASA MAGAZINE) online and in print (Santa Barbara, California), April 29, 2016 Edition, page 12. http://www.casasb.com/
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CounterPunch: Doug Valentine's Political Poetry series, review/interview with Teresa Mei Chuc, Friday, October 11, 2013. http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/10/11/poetry-and-transformation/
Big Bridge: (U.S.A.), Issue 17, Spring 2013 - Review by Jane Summer, author of The Silk Road. http://bigbridge.org/BB17/reviews/Jane_Summer.html
Ascent Aspirations: June 2013 online-issue (Canada) - Review by David Fraser, author of Running Down the Wind http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/redthreadpoems.htm
The Midwest Book Review, October 2012
Review by James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, The Midwest Book Review
http://www.midwestbookreview.com/lbw/oct_12.htm#Poetry
Review by James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, The Midwest Book Review
http://www.midwestbookreview.com/lbw/oct_12.htm#Poetry
Boylan Blog
Review by Joseph Wade, author of Of Life Infallible
http://boylanblog.tumblr.com/tagged/Not-Worth-A-Bullet
Review by Joseph Wade, author of Of Life Infallible
http://boylanblog.tumblr.com/tagged/Not-Worth-A-Bullet
English Kills Review
Vincent Toro writes a very interesting article titled, "Poets Unfit for Flavorwire: A response and counter-list to their post “23 people who will make you care about poetry in 2013”. Vincent Toro creates his own list "of 23 poets that will not only make you care about poetry, these poets also care about you." In alphabetical order, Teresa Mei Chuc appears on the list:
"5. Teresa Mei Chuc
Why they will make you care about poetry: As documentarian of the experience of immigrants from Vietnam, her narratives will tear your heart right out of you. They puncture right through the bone of truth with their linguistic and structural clarity.
Read: Not Worth A Bullet"
REFLECTOR: Award Winning News from the University of Indianapolis
http://reflector.uindy.edu/2015/04/01/poet-teresa-mei-chuc-shares-experiences-with-vietnam-war-at-kellogg-writers-series/
Creative Talents Unleashed - Writing Tip: Revitalize the World
Article by Raja Williams
http://rajasinsight.com/2015/12/09/writing-tip-revitalize-the-world/
Hypothetical Review
"Teresa Mei Chuc's poetry fulfills the mission of telling stories challenging the narratives of the powerful and bringing into words the seemingly indescribable ways in which humans hurt each other. She takes us to "blue skies where bodies are falling from helicopters" and shows us coffins our hands could fit inside, where children have died from the environmental poisons of war. #HR poetry shoutout"
"Evoking Vietnam: A Review of Poet Teresa Mei Chuc" By Doren Damico
http://www.dorendamico.com/evoking-vietnam-a-review-of-poet-teresa-mei-chuc/
http://www.dorendamico.com/evoking-vietnam-a-review-of-poet-teresa-mei-chuc/
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More Reviews:
The Mercury News, October 2010, Section B: pages 9, 10 and 11 - "Montana Press Publishes Ground-breaking Anthology of Poets"
Poets & Writers, 2011 MFA Rankings: Goddard College, where I earned an MFA in Creative Writing (poetry), was ranked as one of The Top Ten Low-Residency MFA Programs in the Nation. http://www.pw.org/content/2011_mfa_rankings_the_top_ten_lowresidency_programs
I am happy to have studied at Goddard and truly believe in the Goddard process. My first semester advisor, Michael Klein http://www.boypoet.com/ , and second semester advisor, Elena Georgiou http://elenageorgiou.blogspot.com/ , were excellent and perceptive advisors whose invaluable insights helped me to improve poetic craft, take risks, and continue on my journey. I also met a wonderful, supportive community of writers who will, undoubtedly, become life-long friends. My third semester advisor, Jan Clausen http://www.ablationsite.org/ , had an eagle's eye in looking at my work and was able to see things that I had not imagined before. In my fourth and final semester at Goddard, I had Elena Georgiou as my advisor and Bhanu Kapil http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/bhanu-kapil as my second reader. Elena and Bhanu's feedback on my thesis were invaluable. I am truly grateful for the Goddard experience - all the books I read, all the people I met, all the writing I did, and my growth both as a person and as a writer.
And Goddard College was again ranked in Poets & Writers as one of The Top Ten Low-Residency MFA Programs in the Nation in 2012.
http://www.pw.org/content/2012_mfa_rankings_the_lowresidency_top_ten?cmnt_all=1
To read essays on writing by Michael Klein, Elena Georgiou, Jan Clausen, Bhanu Kapil, and other Goddard College faculty, read Alchemy of the Word: Writers Talk About Writing. I highly recommend this book. http://www.calartsandletters.org/alchemy-of-the-word/
Interview with Paul Selig, the director for Goddard College's Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing program.
Neon Tommy, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, September 2, 2010:"Anthology Showcases Emerging Poets of the West" http://www.neontommy.com/news/2010/09/anthology-showcases-emerging-poets-west
Poetix Reviews, February 2011: New Poets of the American West http://www.poetix.net/reviews_211.htm
Montana Arts Council: State of the Arts, November/December 2010
"Montana Press Publishes Groundbreaking Anthology" http://svcalt.mt.gov/art/soa/novdec10/1,5,15,16.FrontJumps.pdf