AAPI emerging writer - CityLit Project - New Outlooks Fiction - “American Guy Friend”

On April 2, My short story “American Guy Friend” was published by Asian Pasifika Arts Collective (APAC) in their “New Outlooks” series, edited by Aditya Desai, a South Asian American writer and teacher. APAC is a Baltimore non-profit that “uses art to advocate representation of Asian Americans and Pacific Indigenous Americans in everyday life while building cross-community relationships.” My piece explores the culture clashes Chinese students experience when first moving to America for college.

In May, the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I was featured as an emerging writer on Citylit Project’s Baltimore AAPI spotlight, along with local artists Ryan Artes, Rajani Gudlavalleti, Nancy Nguyen, Nguyen Khoi Nguyen, and Sunmi. Citylit Project is a non-profit that aims to foster the culture of literature in Baltimore and throughout Maryland. During the online event, we read a short piece of our work and then discussed about the piece itself, writing journey, and how we navigate our Asian American identity on the page.

Read the Baltimore Sun article on this.