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Anelise Chen

Anelise Chen
Anelise Chen is the author of the novel So Many Olympic Exertions, a finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. She is a 5 Under 35 Honoree from the National Book Foundation. Chen is currently an assistant professor of creative writing at Columbia University. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her family.


The Loneliest Time of the Year: On the Memories That Chase You During the Holiday Season

Anelise Chen: “She could plaster over her past memories with this new memory in which the territory belonged to her alone.”
June 3, 2025  By Anelise Chen
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