POETRY

Generational | Matchbox

“I sometimes listen to him speak / to people from the homeland and his voice is strong / and then I sometimes listen to him speak / to people here and I hear slight hesitance”

Matchbox Magazine is UC Santa Cruz’s literary journal. “Generational” was featured in Edition XI, published in 2017.

Trigger Warning | Westwind

“My sister watches me with nervous eyes. I am uncharted waters and she is the boat swaying within me … I try to explain that I, too, don’t understand. I am the ocean, and I cannot be calculated.”

Westwind is UCLA’s literary journal. “Trigger Warning” was featured in the Spring 2016 edition.

Trigger Warning | plain china

“My mother has bags under her eyes. She hasn’t slept in three days. Her hair is falling out. She is obviously sick, and I am obviously not.”

plain china is an online anthology of America’s best undergraduate writing. “Trigger Warning” was nominated and accepted in 2017.