“Stop” (Brevity, May 2024), about the questions that linger in the gray areas of a sexual encounter.
“Affection” (Pigeon Pages, January 2024), about teenage girl friendship love. This piece was an honorable mention in the Pigeon Pages 2023 Flash Contest, judged by Gina Chung.
“In the Blue House” (december, Winter 2022), about family, belonging, and my childhood home. This essay was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Prior drafts were finalists in the 2019 Wabash Prize in Nonfiction and 2020 Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction.
“The Sitting Month” (First Person Singular, June 2022), about post-partum and the grief that accompanies new beginnings. A prior draft of this essay was a finalist in the Sewanee Review’s 2021 Nonfiction Contest, judged by Stephanie Danler.
“Spirit Lake,” (Parks & Points, February 2017), about Wisconsin and crossroads. This essay was a finalist in the Parks & Points Fall 2016 Essay Contest, judged by Leigh Stein.
“Love and Gymnastics” (The Rumpus, September 2016), about growing up with the sport I love.
“Her” (Full Grown People, July 2016), about two women who raised me.
“Black Hole” (After Happy Hour Review, Spring 2016), a short story about the fleeting, disorienting pause that follows quitting a job. A prior draft was named Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s 2013 Short Story Award for New Writers.
“For My Northern Parents” (The Writing Disorder, Winter 2013), about my Northern Chinese family finding a home in Wisconsin.