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Sabrina Helen Li

Sabrina Helen Li is a writer from New Jersey. Her short fiction has been published or is forthcoming in McSweeney’s, The Threepenny Review, and Boston Review, among others. Her writing and research have received support from the Elizabeth George Foundation, The Center for Fiction, and Princeton University. Li is currently writing a short story collection and a novel.

Extinction

Summer 2024

Grief Lessons

By Sabrina Helen Li

The first time I see Eva she is standing over my father’s body. Eva places the back of her hand against my father’s forehead as if checking his temperature. She […]