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'''Cathy Linh Che''' is a Vietnamese-American poet from [[Los Angeles]], She won a Kundiman prize.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/cathy-linh-che|title=Cathy Linh Che|date=2018-05-29|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en-us|others=Poetry Foundation|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
'''Cathy Linh Che''' is a Vietnamese American poet from [[Los Angeles]]. She won the [[Kundiman (nonprofit organization)|Kundiman]] Poetry prize, the Norma Farber First Book Award from the [[Poetry Society of America]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/winners/2015/award_7/|title=Cathy Linh Che - Poetry Society of America|website=www.poetrysociety.org|access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref> and the Best Poetry Book Award from the [[Association for Asian American Studies]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aaastudies.org/awards-winners/|title=Award Winners {{!}} Association for Asian American Studies|website=aaastudies.org|access-date=2019-05-06|archive-date=2017-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314170826/http://aaastudies.org/awards-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref> for her book ''Split''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/cathy-linh-che|title=Cathy Linh Che|date=2018-05-29|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en-us|others=Poetry Foundation|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>


== Life ==
== Life ==
She was the middle child of three kids. Che's father was a Vietnamese soldier in the [[Vietnam War]]. Her mother and father often told gruesome stories from the war which would later inspire her work as a poet. While growing up, Che's mother would comfort her and protect her while her father exemplified a sort of tough love. Cathy Linh Che attended [[Reed College]] and [[New York University]] where she received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees.Being half American and Vietnamese made for an interesting life for Che. In the same interview done by Emerson College Che states, "I was raised in [[Highland Park, Los Angeles|Highland Park]] in a working class Asian and Latino immigrant community. So, while there were plenty of clashes between my parents and me, it was something that everyone around me experienced so I never felt different or alone until going away to college."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/interview-with-poet-cathy-linh-che/|title=Interview With Poet Cathy Linh Che|last=De Leon|first=Jennfier|date=|website=Ploughshares at Emerson College|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
Cathy Linh Che attended [[Reed College]] and [[New York University]] where she received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees. In an interview done by Emerson College, Che states, "I was raised in [[Highland Park, Los Angeles|Highland Park]] in a working class Asian and Latinx immigrant community. So, while there were plenty of clashes between my parents and me, it was something that everyone around me experienced so I never felt different or alone until going away to college."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/interview-with-poet-cathy-linh-che/|title=Interview With Poet Cathy Linh Che|last=De Leon|first=Jennifer|website=Ploughshares at Emerson College|date=27 November 2012 }}</ref>

In 2018, she helped organize the Kundiman "Because We Come From Everything" project.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/because-we-come-everything-explores-migration-through-postcards-poetry-n732786|title='Because We Come From Everything' explores migration through postcards and poetry|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}</ref> She participated in the digital project the "Poetics of Haunting," curated by [[Jane Wong]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inlander.com/spokane/haunting-verse/Content?oid=2994506|title=Haunting Verse|last=Mcgehee|first=Cate|website=Inlander|language=en|access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref>


== Writing career ==
== Writing career ==
When asked in an interview at [[Emerson College]] of what brought Cathy Linh Che to poetry, Che responded saying:
When asked in an interview at [[Emerson College]] of what brought Cathy Linh Che to poetry, Che responded saying:
"I would have to say that my parents brought me to poetry. Though neither one is a poet, my upbringing was filled with their stories. While sitting at the dinner table, my parents would tell me about their lives during the Vietnam War, the year in a refugee camp, their first years in the U.S. When I began writing, their voices demanded to be told. I couldn't help but see their stories as fundamentally part of my own."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/interview-with-poet-cathy-linh-che/|title=Interview With Poet Cathy Linh Che|last=De Leon|first=Jennfier|date=|website=Ploughshares at Emerson College|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> Che is currently the executive director at Kundiman.
"I would have to say that my parents brought me to poetry. Though neither one is a poet, my upbringing was filled with their stories. While sitting at the dinner table, my parents would tell me about their lives during the Vietnam War, the year in a refugee camp, their first years in the U.S. When I began writing, their voices demanded to be told. I couldn't help but see their stories as fundamentally part of my own."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/interview-with-poet-cathy-linh-che/|title=Interview With Poet Cathy Linh Che|last=De Leon|first=Jennifer|website=Ploughshares at Emerson College|date=27 November 2012 }}</ref>


Che is currently the Executive Director at [[Kundiman (nonprofit organization)|Kundiman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kundiman.org/leadership|title=Leadership|website=Kundiman|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref>
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Che's most recognized work comes from a book called ''Split'', which holds various poems that are based off psychological, sexual, and abusive effects of war.

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Che's most recognized work comes from a book called ''Split, "which contains poems on the psychological, sexual, and abusive effects of war."''


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
Throughout Cathy Linh Che's career, several awards have been pinned to her name, such as The Kundiman Poetry Prize, the [[Norma Farber First Book Award]] from the [[Poetry Society of America]], and The Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecommononline.org/leaving-new-york-city-an-interview-with-cathy-linh-che/|title=Leaving New York City: an Interview with Cathy Linh Che|last=Nixon|first=Melody|date=|website=The Common|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
Throughout Cathy Linh Che's career, several awards have been pinned to her name, such as The Kundiman Poetry Prize, the [[Norma Farber First Book Award]] from the [[Poetry Society of America]], and The Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecommononline.org/leaving-new-york-city-an-interview-with-cathy-linh-che/|title=Leaving New York City: an Interview with Cathy Linh Che|last=Nixon|first=Melody|website=The Common|date=January 2017 }}</ref>


== Works ==
== Works ==
*''Split'', Alice James Books, 2014.
*''Hair : poems: a collection of cuts and ties'', Reed College, 2002. {{OCLC|268892934}}
*''Hair : poems: a collection of cuts and ties'', Reed College, 2002. {{OCLC|268892934}}
*''Split'', Chestertown, Maryland: Literary House Press, 2016. {{OCLC|993260020}}
*''Split'', Chestertown, Maryland: Literary House Press, 2016. {{OCLC|993260020}}
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*Laren McClung; Yusef Komunyakaa (eds) ''Inheriting the war : poetry and prose by descendants of Vietnam veterans and refugees'', New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. {{ISBN|9780393354287}}, {{OCLC|1009717493}}
*Laren McClung; Yusef Komunyakaa (eds) ''Inheriting the war : poetry and prose by descendants of Vietnam veterans and refugees'', New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. {{ISBN|9780393354287}}, {{OCLC|1009717493}}

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* {{cite web | title=Leaving New York City: an Interview with Cathy Linh Che | website=The Common | date=2017-01-01 | url=https://www.thecommononline.org/leaving-new-york-city-an-interview-with-cathy-linh-che/ | ref={{sfnref | The Common | 2017}} | access-date=2018-05-29}}
* {{cite web | title=Leaving New York City: an Interview with Cathy Linh Che | website=The Common | date=2017-01-01 | url=https://www.thecommononline.org/leaving-new-york-city-an-interview-with-cathy-linh-che/ | ref={{sfnref | The Common | 2017}} | access-date=2018-05-29}}


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Cathy Linh Che
Che at The Ace Hotel, May 2019
Che at The Ace Hotel, May 2019
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University
GenrePoetry
Notable awardsKundiman prize

Cathy Linh Che is a Vietnamese American poet from Los Angeles. She won the Kundiman Poetry prize, the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America,[1] and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies[2] for her book Split.[3]

Life

[edit]

Cathy Linh Che attended Reed College and New York University where she received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees. In an interview done by Emerson College, Che states, "I was raised in Highland Park in a working class Asian and Latinx immigrant community. So, while there were plenty of clashes between my parents and me, it was something that everyone around me experienced so I never felt different or alone until going away to college."[4]

In 2018, she helped organize the Kundiman "Because We Come From Everything" project.[5] She participated in the digital project the "Poetics of Haunting," curated by Jane Wong.[6]

Writing career

[edit]

When asked in an interview at Emerson College of what brought Cathy Linh Che to poetry, Che responded saying: "I would have to say that my parents brought me to poetry. Though neither one is a poet, my upbringing was filled with their stories. While sitting at the dinner table, my parents would tell me about their lives during the Vietnam War, the year in a refugee camp, their first years in the U.S. When I began writing, their voices demanded to be told. I couldn't help but see their stories as fundamentally part of my own."[7]

Che is currently the Executive Director at Kundiman.[8]

Che's most recognized work comes from a book called Split, "which contains poems on the psychological, sexual, and abusive effects of war."

Awards

[edit]

Throughout Cathy Linh Che's career, several awards have been pinned to her name, such as The Kundiman Poetry Prize, the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America, and The Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies.[9]

Works

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  • Split, Alice James Books, 2014.
  • Hair : poems: a collection of cuts and ties, Reed College, 2002. OCLC 268892934
  • Split, Chestertown, Maryland: Literary House Press, 2016. OCLC 993260020
Anthologies
  • Laren McClung; Yusef Komunyakaa (eds) Inheriting the war : poetry and prose by descendants of Vietnam veterans and refugees, New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. ISBN 9780393354287, OCLC 1009717493

References

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  1. ^ "Cathy Linh Che - Poetry Society of America". www.poetrysociety.org. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  2. ^ "Award Winners | Association for Asian American Studies". aaastudies.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  3. ^ "Cathy Linh Che". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-05-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ De Leon, Jennifer (27 November 2012). "Interview With Poet Cathy Linh Che". Ploughshares at Emerson College.
  5. ^ "'Because We Come From Everything' explores migration through postcards and poetry". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  6. ^ Mcgehee, Cate. "Haunting Verse". Inlander. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  7. ^ De Leon, Jennifer (27 November 2012). "Interview With Poet Cathy Linh Che". Ploughshares at Emerson College.
  8. ^ "Leadership". Kundiman. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  9. ^ Nixon, Melody (January 2017). "Leaving New York City: an Interview with Cathy Linh Che". The Common.
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