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…May 14, 2022May 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…Nov 4, 2021Nov 4, 2021
Jenny J. CheninElementalThe Safe Way to Go Off AntidepressantsWhy tapering is more complex than you thinkApr 11, 201913Apr 11, 201913
Jenny J. CheninElementalProductivity Hacks Don’t Work When You Have Mental IllnessBut there are other strategies that can help you get things doneApr 10, 201935Apr 10, 201935
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…Oct 25, 2018Oct 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 —…Sep 14, 2018Sep 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…Sep 2, 2018Sep 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…Aug 24, 2018Aug 24, 2018
