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Tiffany Aurelia

Tiffany Aurelia is a writer and student from Indonesia. She writes to explore the intricacies of memory, heritage, time, and her cultural background. She has been recognized by the Woorilla Poetry Prize and the Young Poets Network, and has been published in Up the Staircase Quarterly, The Emerson Review, and The Shore, among others.

Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize

Fall 2024

Origin Myth as Hand-Me-Down

By Tiffany Aurelia

After the May 1998 riots against Chinese IndonesiansThe year bends into the false spring. My mother throws a shadow over herself, and 1998 shivers into quiet life. The shadow is […]