Connie Chen & Aaron Pang

Connie Chen writes and unwrites the ways lupus has written her. Collaborating with nonconforming bodies in literature, she engages the intersections of psychoanalysis, queer and feminist theory, disability studies, Christian theology, and critical theory. Connie is a MFA candidate at the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program, where she is an Iowa Arts Fellow. Aaron writes about disability, Chinese-America, food, and his mom. Aaron’s writing has appeared on The Moth Radio Hour, Proof by America’s Test Kitchen, Essay Daily, among others. He is a MFA candidate at the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program.