WRITING

FICTION

Slow Clap, Joyland Magazine, January 2023 (Winner of the Open Border Fiction Prize)
Watch List, Jellyfish Review, March 2020 (Nominated for Best Small Fictions 2020)

NON-FICTION + REPORTAGE

The Chinese Migrants of Chiang Mai, The Dial, December 2023
The Underrated Joy of Asking Directions, AFAR Magazine, August 2023
On the AAPI Narrative Lab x Harmony Labs, Narrative Initiative, December 2022
This Brooklyn Restaurant Has a Brilliant Model for Hiring and Supporting Immigrant Workers,
Back of House, February 2022
Whitney Hu’s Favorite Spots in Sunset Park, Curbed, April 2021
I Joined America at Its Worst, The Atlantic, November 2020
I’m 10 Minutes Away From Becoming a U.S. Citizen, The New York Times, July 2020
The 90-Year-Old Virtuoso Keeping Naxi Music Alive in China, Atlas Obscura, July 2020 
Lotus Pods and Jambalaya in Jianguomen: Memory and Change in Our Beijing Neighborhood,
Catapult, November 2016
Death, Beauty, and Bling: Ebony G. Paterson’s Dead Trees, No Home Journal, March 2016

PODCAST

”Chinese Cinderella” Episode, Spotify x Wonder Media Network, February 2022

CHAPBOOK

Informant
a collection of essays, prose, and illustrations,
published through Wesleyan University's student-run press. May 2012

THEATER

“Ascend!” is a play inspired from interviews and surveys with East Asian and AAPI women, centering on their (in)visibilities, joys, and traumas during the last two years of the pandemic. The play asks: what do you do when your art form stops giving you joy? How does one feel good in a body during a pandemic? The play premiered at The Tank in October 2021 and was supported by a City Artist Corps grant. Written, co-directed, and starring Amy Zhang with an ensemble, including drummer Wen-Ting Wu. Pictures: Joel Lee (IG: joellayy_)

“I certainly wanted to do something for Asian women on stage—and for our visibility in general—that I hadn’t seen before, and I wanted people to experience that.” —Amy Zhang

—Howlround Interview: Creating a Play from Real Asian Women’s Desires, Dreams, and Heartaches

FILM