All we are is writers, and what we should do is write.” ~ Ernest Hemingway

BOOK REVIEWS

International Examiner
"Xu Xi Revisits Hong Kong's Murky Past"

​Rain Taxi Review of Books
"The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny"

Rain Taxi Review of Books
"Patriot."

International Examiner
"'First Person Singular': A Singular Blend of Magic and Memoir."
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International Examiner
"'Klara and the Sun': Kazuo Ishiguro's Fresh Answer to an Old Question."

International Examiner
"'What Are You Going Through': When Life Gives Meaning to Death."

Rain Taxi Review of Books
"Let Me Tell You What I Mean."

International Examiner
"Simon Han Unsettles Expectations in 'Nights When Nothing Happened'."

International Examiner
"Perpetrators or Victims? Asako Serizawa's Novel 'The Inheritors' Recasts Japanese Civilians in WWII."
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Rain Taxi Review of Books
"Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family."
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International Examiner
"Scroll 2020 in Shun Lien-Bynum's New Anthology."

Manhattan Book Review
"The Long Tail of Trauma: a Memoir."

International Examiner
"Christina Chiu's Novel 'Beauty' Examines Trauma, Addiction, and Social Inequality."

Seattle Book Review
"All the Acorns on the Forest Floor."

International Examiner
"Fact in Fiction: C. Pam Zhang's Debut Novel Challenges American Literature."

International Examiner
"Rowan Buchanan Probes Psychological and Racial Norms in Starling Days."

Manhattan Book Review
"Scratched: a Memoir of Perfectionism."

Manhattan Book Review
"Master Class."

International Examiner
"Swim the World in Bonnie Tsui's Latest Release."

Seattle Book Review
"The Mountains Sing."

San Francisco Book Review
"The Meaning of Marriage."

NONFICTION
Micro nonfiction (Ghost City Review)
"Conversation at Carmel Coffee Co."

Memoir Essay (Kaleidoscope)
"Things Not Seen."

 ​Review/Interview (International Examiner)
"The Age of Dignity: July Otsuka Discusses Dementia, Human Rights, and Her Latest Novel."

​News Feature (San Francisco Book Review)
"Bay Area Book Festival #Unbound: Chat with Authors from Home."

Arts Feature (International Examiner)
"Novelist Gish Jen Discusses Politics and the Power of Writing in 2020."

Memoir Essay (​Savannah Coll. of Art and Design)
"Strings Attached."

Personal Essay (​Savannah Coll. of Art and Design)
"Completing the Circle."

Memoir Essay (​California Baptist University)
"If I Should Die."

Personal Essay (Dazed Starling, The Scribe's Portion)
"The Tail that Can't be Pinned."