Find some of my most recent essays on Following the Thread, my newsletter about motherhood and art
Weaving created for KHÔRA poem in collaboration with Tria Wen and our children
Poetry, etc.
"Where We Begin" and other poems - The Seventh Wave
"is there any poetry here lol" with Tria Wen - KHÔRA
"Where I'm From" - Best New Poets 2024 (University of Virginia Press)
"Knitting Studies" - parts:whole
"Leaving East Peoria" - Hobart After Dark
"Minerals" - Milk Candy Review
"El Scorcho" - Exposition Review
"Prayer" and "Our Toilet Has Googly Eyes" - Between the Lines 2021: An Anthology of Creative Writing (City Lit)
"is there any poetry here lol" with Tria Wen - KHÔRA
"Where I'm From" - Best New Poets 2024 (University of Virginia Press)
"Knitting Studies" - parts:whole
"Leaving East Peoria" - Hobart After Dark
"Minerals" - Milk Candy Review
"El Scorcho" - Exposition Review
"Prayer" and "Our Toilet Has Googly Eyes" - Between the Lines 2021: An Anthology of Creative Writing (City Lit)
Essays
On dusk - Black Warrior Review (2021 Nonfiction Contest winner)
On knitting and inheritance - This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection by Jen Hewett
On names and cultural identity - Zora
On ritual, religion, and anxiety - Exposition Review (Longreads Editors' Pick, Pushcart Prize nominee)
On comfort food - Shondaland (Included in the anthology Accolades)
On 'Crazy Rich Asians' and community - HelloGiggles
On watching Japanese reality show 'Terrace House' as a Japanese American - BuzzFeed News
On 'The Mindy Project,' and 'wrong' ways of expressing ethnic identity - Bitch Media
On cultural appropriation and wearing kimono while mixed-race - The Boston Globe
On making clothes by hand - HelloGiggles
On meeting my long-lost uncle - HelloGiggles
On disclosure - Discover Nikkei
On knitting and inheritance - This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection by Jen Hewett
On names and cultural identity - Zora
On ritual, religion, and anxiety - Exposition Review (Longreads Editors' Pick, Pushcart Prize nominee)
On comfort food - Shondaland (Included in the anthology Accolades)
On 'Crazy Rich Asians' and community - HelloGiggles
On watching Japanese reality show 'Terrace House' as a Japanese American - BuzzFeed News
On 'The Mindy Project,' and 'wrong' ways of expressing ethnic identity - Bitch Media
On cultural appropriation and wearing kimono while mixed-race - The Boston Globe
On making clothes by hand - HelloGiggles
On meeting my long-lost uncle - HelloGiggles
On disclosure - Discover Nikkei
Interviews
In-depth interviews with artists and makers—from novelists to cartoonists to a forager and the queen of punch-needle embroidery.
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