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Mei Wen / Stephanie Shi

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15th December 2024

The Beatles on 100.3

A micro essay featuring The Beatles and their controversial concert in Manila in 1966. First published in Memoir Mixtapes.

7th November 2024

Asian Cupcake 2.1

A micro essay about (not) conforming to beauty standards, written from the point of view of a female bot. First published in Ink in Thirds.

31st May 2024

A flash essay about experiencing and recognizing a mother’s love. First published in In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction.

1st January 2024

A lyric essay from the perspective of a “weed” and “invasive species.” First published in The Tiger Moth Review.

4th October 2023

Coercion is (and cost me) my mother tongue

A personal essay on the languages I grew up speaking and hearing. First published in diaCRITICS.

1st January 2023

Alone with a Book

A personal essay on reading and friendship. First published in Spellbinder, Winter 2023 Issue.

30th December 2022

Be Still for Dear Life

A speculative essay about grief in a multicultural family. First published in The Lumiere Review, Issue 11.

3rd February 2022

The Call of Water

A personal essay about overcoming body issues with the help of nature. First published in Anak Sastra, Issue 46.

29th December 2021

An ekphrastic poem on Antonio Canova’s sculpture Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss. First published in The Ekphrastic Review.

14th December 2021

A personal review essay about anger and the 2019 film adaptation of Little Women. First published in After the Art, Issue 14.

3rd November 2019

A poem about home and migration written with Teo Xiao Ting. First published in 11 x 9: Collaborative poetry from the Philippines and Singapore.

5th December 2018

“Present” and “Hands”

The poem “Present” expresses frustration, boredom, and loneliness in the persona’s domestic life. “Hands” explores the act of treasuring memories. First published in The Achieve Of, The Mastery: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, mid-'90s to 2016 (Vol. II).

4th August 2015

A lyric essay about a dysfunctional relationship and silencing oneself. First published in High Chair, Issue 21, the Lyric Essay Issue.

28th September 2013

A lyric essay on purity and guilt. First published in Heights, Vol. 61, Issue 1.

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