Cathy Linh Che

Cathy Linh Che is the author of Split (Alice James Books), winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America and of the Kundiman Poetry Prize. It was also an Academy of American Poets' Standout Book of 2014, a Publisher's Weekly Pick of the Week, and a Library Journal Amazing Title for Spring 2014. A Vietnamese American poet from Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA, she received her BA from Reed College and her MFA from New York University. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies from Poets & Writers, The Fine Arts Work Center at Provincetown, Kundiman, Hedgebrook, Poets House, The Asian American Literary Review, The Center for Book Arts, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Workspace Residency, and a Jerome Foundation Travel Grant. She was also a Writer in Residence at Sierra Nevada College's MFA Program. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.