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Jen Cheng

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🏳️‍🌈 Poet Laureate of West Hollywood 🪶 Author of Braided Spaces 🏆 CA Arts Council Fellow 🏠 Tin House Workshop Alumna 🎬📚 Writer 🙋🏻‍♀️ Teacher of 3 P’s: poetry, piano, pilates 💃🏻 she/ella/kir ⌨️ https://jencvoice.substack.com Updated events: linktr.ee/jencvoice

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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. 🧁🧁

Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 1d

Highly self-conscious in the efforts of performative media

Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 18d

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

Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 27d

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

Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · 27d

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.

Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you for this opportunity to meet other Laureate Fellows and experience the Library of Congress. @poetsorg.bsky.social

Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · Sep 6

Check out the schedule to see some very cool authors! www.loc.gov/events/2025-...

Schedule | 2025 National Book Festival | Events at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress

The 2025 Library of Congress National Book Festival will be at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Saturday, September 6, 2025.

www.loc.gov

Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · Sep 6

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

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · Aug 23

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

Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · Aug 7

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”

Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · Aug 1

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

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Jen Cheng @jencvoice.bsky.social · Jul 30

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.