Bio
Chiwan Choi is a writer, editor, teacher, and publisher. He self-published his first book, dogfuzz on the asscrack/time out of space, a collection of poems and short stories, in 1999, literally selling it out of the trunk of his Buick for food-money and trading it with bartenders for free drinks.
He has remained dedicated to his life as a poet, publishing another collection of poems, lo-fidelity lovesongs, a spoken word CD, boomerangs, and several chapbooks. His poems and essays have also appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including ONTHEBUS, Esquire, and American Book Jam in Tokyo. He is a regular in the Los Angeles literary circuit, often invited as a featured poet at readings at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, the legendary Beyond Baroque in Venice, and even the Los Angeles Central Library (from which he was banned for the slightly risqué content of his poems).
After a two-year stint in New York, where he received an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the Tisch School, Chiwan has focused himself more than ever in his goal to bring the amazing collective creative force of Los Angeles out of the shadows of the Hollywood sign and into national prominence.
He co-founded and edited Wednesday, a literary quarterly featuring Los Angeles writers and artists, for two successful and fruitful years. The experience inspired he and his wife, Judeth Oden, into launching a new publishing company, Writ Large Press, in May of 2008.
He continues to write and work as an editor-for-hire. He also happily teaches his writing workshop, The Finishing School.
He lives in Los Angeles, in Downtown now, where it’s booming or tanking depending on who you ask, with his wife and their dog, Bella.
If you really must, you can take a look at my resume here.
