other writing

Selected Stories & Essays
My Thoughts on Paté
Agni, short story
Ten Conversations about 'My Struggle'
The Gettysburg Review, essay
Notable Essay, Best American Essays 2020
Knitting 101
New World Writing, lyric essay
Why Dim Sum Makes Me Feel Tender
Seneca Review, lyric essay
Chinese translation in 作家 (Writer Magazine)
Toast
Michegan Quarterly Review, short story
Distinguished Story, Best American Short Stories 2014
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Chapbook
IKE: a Publishing Project, 2026
From the publisher's catalogue:
"Questionnaire for My Grandfather is a quietly devastating essay that uses the structure of a questionnaire to interrogate what can—and cannot—be known about a man who shaped [the author's] family’s history. Each prompt becomes a doorway into memory, silence, and inherited mystery, revealing how the stories we tell about our elders are often built from fragments, omissions, and the emotional residue they leave behind. The essay is a vessel for grief, curiosity, and intergenerational reckoning. It is a portrait assembled through negative space, where the unanswered questions speak as loudly as the answers might have."

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Libretto
The Strange Child is a chamber opera based on a fairy tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann (Das Fremde Kind), with music composed by Julia Werntz. It premiered at The Alloy Studios in Pittsburgh on June 17 and 18, 2022. The production was supported by the Pittsburgh Foundation, the Opportunity Fund, and the Heinz Endowments. The opera was commissioned by Kamratōn, a chamber music ensemble dedicated to expanding the contemporary repertoire and promoting women as artistic leaders. The premiere was directed by Shana Simmons, with musical direction by Daniel Curtis and performances by singers and musicians from both Kamratōn and Quince Ensemble.