Christine Shan Shan Hou is a poet, artist, and arts writer living in Brooklyn, NY. Publication Studio published her first book of poetry, Accumulations in 2010, with drawings by artist, Hannah Rawe. Additional poems appear in Weekday, EOAGH, and Parallelograms. She has curated exhibitions at Art in General, Jack the Pelican Presents, and The Abrons Arts Center. Her awards include The Flow Chart Foundation/The Academy for American Poets and the Zora Neale Hurston Scholarship. In 2011, she completed a residency at Mount Tremper Arts in partnership with The Brooklyn Rail. Recent collaborations include CONCRETE SOUND, an exhibition and publication with artist, Audra Wolowiec at Norte Maar. She currently runs the New York City arts education programs at Dia Art Foundation and writes on performance for The Brooklyn Rail, The Performance Club, Hyperallergic Weekend, and Idiom.

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