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"night walk, with 16 mice and the moon" - HAD (2026) | poetry
"Tea Ceremony" - parts:whole, Bite (2026) | poetry
"On the Day You Were Born" - Discover Nikkei, Nikkei Uncovered (2026) | poetry (+ audio)
"Noodles for the Moon" - Silly Goose Press (2026) | poetry
"Where We Begin" and other poems - The Seventh Wave (Editors' Pick, 2026) | poetry
"is there any poetry here lol" with Tria Wen - KHÔRA (2026) | poetry & visual art
"Where I'm From" - parts:whole, Water (included in the anthology Best New Poets 2024) | poetry
"Knitting Studies" - parts:whole, House (2022) | poetry
"Dusk" - Black Warrior Review (2021 Nonfiction Contest winner) | essay
"Leaving East Peoria" - HAD (2021) | prose poetry
"Minerals" - Milk Candy Review (2021) | flash fiction
Two poems - Between the Lines 2021: An Anthology of Creative Writing (2021) | poetry
"A Handmade Inheritance" - This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection by Jen Hewett (2021) | essay
"What my name says about who I am" - Zora (2019) | essay
"Kokoro Yasume" - Exposition Review (Longreads Editors' Pick, Pushcart Prize nominee, 2019) | essay
"Comfort Food" - Shondaland (included in the anthology Accolades, 2018) | essay
"'Crazy Rich Asians' made me want to open up to my Asian American community" - HelloGiggles (2018) | essay
"How a Japanese reality show about nothing became a global hit" - BuzzFeed News (2017) | essay
"As a biracial woman, it's powerful to see 'The Mindy Project' explore identity" - Bitch Media (2016) | essay
"MFA's kimono controversy should spark deeper conversation" - The Boston Globe (2015) | essay
"night walk, with 16 mice and the moon" - HAD (2026) | poetry
"Tea Ceremony" - parts:whole, Bite (2026) | poetry
"On the Day You Were Born" - Discover Nikkei, Nikkei Uncovered (2026) | poetry (+ audio)
"Noodles for the Moon" - Silly Goose Press (2026) | poetry
"Where We Begin" and other poems - The Seventh Wave (Editors' Pick, 2026) | poetry
"is there any poetry here lol" with Tria Wen - KHÔRA (2026) | poetry & visual art
"Where I'm From" - parts:whole, Water (included in the anthology Best New Poets 2024) | poetry
"Knitting Studies" - parts:whole, House (2022) | poetry
"Dusk" - Black Warrior Review (2021 Nonfiction Contest winner) | essay
"Leaving East Peoria" - HAD (2021) | prose poetry
"Minerals" - Milk Candy Review (2021) | flash fiction
Two poems - Between the Lines 2021: An Anthology of Creative Writing (2021) | poetry
"A Handmade Inheritance" - This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection by Jen Hewett (2021) | essay
"What my name says about who I am" - Zora (2019) | essay
"Kokoro Yasume" - Exposition Review (Longreads Editors' Pick, Pushcart Prize nominee, 2019) | essay
"Comfort Food" - Shondaland (included in the anthology Accolades, 2018) | essay
"'Crazy Rich Asians' made me want to open up to my Asian American community" - HelloGiggles (2018) | essay
"How a Japanese reality show about nothing became a global hit" - BuzzFeed News (2017) | essay
"As a biracial woman, it's powerful to see 'The Mindy Project' explore identity" - Bitch Media (2016) | essay
"MFA's kimono controversy should spark deeper conversation" - The Boston Globe (2015) | essay
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