How I Got That Name Resources

This is a great place to start in delving into the author's work.

A nifty little profile of Marilyn Chin, from the University of Illinois.

Here's Chin giving a fiery reading of her famous poem.

Check out Chin reading one of her more recent poems, as part of the Poetry Everywhere project.

This is a lovely snap of Chin in glasses.

Here's the glamorous blond bombshell after whom Marilyn Chin was named.

Chin talks about her writing and her literary influences in this interview in the journal Contemporary Women's Writing.

Marilyn Chin discusses her poem with Bill Moyers.

Chin's poem "How I Got That Name" is included in this collection of poetry.

This book includes a chapter on Marilyn Chin's poetry. It's a great place to start if we want to learn more not just about Marilyn Chin, but about Chinese-American poetry as a whole.