Contact Information
Urbana, IL 61801
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Research Areas
Research Interests
Creative Writing: Poetry; Documentary Poetry; Prose Poetry; Poetic Form; Creative Nonfiction
Education
- PhD in Creative Writing and Literature: University of Cincinnati
- MFA in Creative Writing: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- BA in English: Michigan State University
Awards and Honors
2025 American Library Association Notable Book Award in Poetry for Leaving Biddle City
2022 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award for Outstanding Achievement
2021 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry for All Heathens
2021 GLCA New Writers Award in Poetry for All Heathens
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, English
Highlighted Publications
Leaving Biddle City (Sarabande Books, 2024)
All Heathens (Sarabande Books, 2020)
Recent Publications
Chan, M. (2024). Leaving Biddle City. Sarabande Books.
Chan, M. (2021). Biddle City Filipina, and: Autobiography Via Forgetting, and: One Cactus, and: Watching a Documentary about Imelda Marcos, I Think about the Bottoms of My Cousin's Feet. Kenyon Review, 43(3), 46-51.
Chan, M. (2021). Hold Music. New England Review-Middlebury Series, 42(1), 169-171. https://doi.org/10.1353/ner.2021.0026
Chan, M. (2020). All Heathens. Sarabande Books.