Author of A Phở Love Story (out now!) and Solving for the Unknown (Summer 2023)/ Book Editor
Creative Writing
Short fiction piece: Freedom
I’m reading this short piece tomorrow at a gathering for creative writers. I’m so nervous. I don’t often read my fiction to people other than my close friends. Wish me luck!
MoreFiction: The Right Thing
Sara glanced around the room and probably saw what he saw every day–the mocking, the amused and the curious–and she quickly ducked her head. She began gathering her tray together, but Ben know she was probably more worried about her dignity then the mess on the floor.
MoreFiction: Voice
I could have taken one of my kitchen knives and stuck it right between Paul’s shoulder blades.
MoreSurviving
This is my second essay from my Memoir Writing class. We were assigned to write a political memoir, so naturally I decided to write about my parents during and after the Vietnam War. Hope you like it. 1975. Fall of Saigon. Agent Orange. Viet Cong. My Lai Massacre. These facts bombard my mind when I […]
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