Essay: Inheritance
I bought a house in Portland Oregon, and it brought up a lot of questions – about privilege, about gentrification, about inherited wealth, about race, about pruning, about dreams, and […]
Tag Archives: Literary Journalism
FEATURE: Saving Irvington
I wrote a reported essay on my childhood neighborhood, Irvington, a much-changed and much-beloved historic district in Portland, Oregon. It’s taken me almost 2 years to work on their piece, […]
FELLOWSHIP: Writing Pittsburgh
I’m excited to announce that I’ve been chosen as a contributing writer for Creative Nonfiction‘s “Writing Pittsburgh” project. I will be writing a chapter in the first collaborative book, which […]
LONGFORM: Escaping the Gaokao
My newest article, a longform nonfiction piece on the trend of Chinese students studying in the U.S.A., is now up at The Big Roundtable. Featuring profiles of four Chinese students […]
Workshop: Literary Journalism
This fall, I’m teaching a new workshop at the Attic Institute in Portland, Oregon. “Literary Journalism” runs from October 19 to November 19 on Saturdays mornings. This is a great […]
