brenda Lin is a writer and literary translator based in Taipei. She has published two books: Wealth Ribbon (University of Indianapolis Press, 2004), a collection of essays on family and cultural identity, and Hope, That You Can Wear, a bilingual touch-and-feel picture book inspired by her mother’s collection of children’s textiles. Lin’s writing has appeared in Fourth Genre, WSQ, Asymptote, Gulf Coast, and others. She is currently working on a book of essays on homecoming, motherhood, and the intersection between text and textile.
Rural Spaces
Fall 2024
River Dam of Confession
I grew up in a tree hollow. If a tree hollow is a kind of metaphor (it is), I want to knead it into flesh, like the soft-sweet of my […]