Profiles

It took more than a decade of writing, researching, rewriting and rewriting, but now it’s all there in black and white.

"It was diverse and a lot of strong women were represented. There is no other event in Germany that I have been to that I can compare it with."

I think writing and reading and engagement with language all go together.

The image of us walking away from the school–your accompanying me home moves me, but I’m not sure why. Perhaps because my adult self knows how with retrospection–how meaningful it was to have someone who looked like me/my family members–to spend time with me in a kind way.

I don’t remember what or who drew my attention to the first book of Khanh Ha’s I read, Mrs. Rossi’s Dream, but I do...

I think one of my first poems was for my English class in middle school. We had to write poetry which inspired me to write about the experiences in my life. I had my first little crush and it didn’t go well so I wrote about that. And then my grandma had passed away shortly after so I just continued on with writing as a form of therapy.