Ching-In Chen is author of The Heart’s Traffic: A Novel in Poems; recombinant (Lambda Literary Award); to make black paper sing, and Kundiman for Kin :: Information Retrieval for Monsters. Chen co-edited The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities and is a Kelsey Street Press and Airlie Press editor. They received fellowships from Kundiman, Lambda, Can Serrat, Jack Straw and Intercultural Leadership Institute, as well as the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers. They collaborate on Breathing in a Time of Disaster, exploring breath through meditation, health, and environmental justice.