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Sharon Lin

Sharon Lin is a poet and an essayist. Her work appears in The New York Review of Books, DIAGRAM, Sine Theta, wildness, the Offing, and elsewhere. She lives in London.

Nonfiction

Fall 2024

Mast Year

By Sharon Lin

When my father calls, sometimes I pretend to listen. Sometimes I pretend I am not scrolling through my phone or staring at my laptop, my mind wandering. I blame my […]