Jenny J. ChenIt’s the cliché they always talk about — everything seems so much sweeter when you’re about to…Everything seems too beautiful now that I’m about to go, even though for months I languished here, despising how trapped and stagnant I…1 min read·May 14, 2022----
Jenny J. ChenA possible impossibilityIt’s October and I’m driving down the Merritt Parkway. The leaves have fully embraced their warm brilliance. The sun is setting in a light…2 min read·Nov 4, 2021----
Jenny J. CheninElementalThe Safe Way to Go Off AntidepressantsWhy tapering is more complex than you think·5 min read·Apr 11, 2019--13--13
Jenny J. CheninElementalProductivity Hacks Don’t Work When You Have Mental IllnessBut there are other strategies that can help you get things done·5 min read·Apr 10, 2019--35--35
Jenny J. ChenInfernoShe had a fire burning inside her. It burned of guilt and shame and fear. It licked her insides black and threatened to destroy…1 min read·Oct 25, 2018----
Jenny J. ChenOnce AgainAt twenty-seven I first noticed age: the wrinkles on my neck, the fine papery lines crisscrossing like fisherman’s nets on my ankles —…1 min read·Sep 14, 2018----
Jenny J. ChenNew Haven Green, August 15, 2018Rage me. Plaster the fentanyl at will. Laugh into the eyes of God, then throw it in the fire. Pass out packets of K2 until they pass out…1 min read·Sep 2, 2018----
Jenny J. ChenPoem: Growing OlderYou, whom I saw with star-dusted eyes, geranium-scented imagination, seem more ordinary than I remember. More defeated, like an…1 min read·Aug 24, 2018----