Kit Kelen

Christopher (Kit) Kelen’s (客遠文) most recent volumes of poetry are God preserve me from those who want what’s best for me, published in 2009 by Picaro Press (NSW, Australia), and in conversation with the river, published in 2010 by VAC (Chicago, USA). For the last ten years Kelen has taught literature and creative writing at the University of Macau in south China. During this time he has mentored many local writers, seeing through to publication numerous first novels and volumes of stories and poetry. Kelen is the editor of the online journal Poetry Macao and poetry editor for the monthly lifestyle/current affairs journal Macao Closer.