A review by robinks
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency by Chen Chen

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Another great collection by Chen! Navigating love and parents is never easy, especially as an Asian American queer person. Chen also does a lovely job of integrating difficult experiences with humor and storytelling. My favorites (in order of appearance):
- Doctor’s Note
- The School of Fury
- The School of Your Book/Letter to Jennifer S. Cheng
- Elegy While Listening to a Song I Can’t Help But Start to Move to
- One Year Later: A Letter
- Summer (p61)
- The School of Logic
- Chen No Middle Name Chen
- One Year Later: Her Answer
- I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party
- ode to my beloveds & brevities
- The School of Eternities
- The School of Joy
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