Linlang Zhao is a writer, poet, and artist from a migration-based family. Her background as a migrant informs her creative exploration of continuity, change, and belonging. She is the editor-in-chief of Fourteen Lines, a magazine dedicated to the art of translation. Her work has recently been accepted by Tar River Poetry, Sierra Nevada Review, Wild Roof Journal, Tap into Poetry, and others. In her free time, she enjoys drawing and staring at birds.
Warm and thick, like wine left swirling in its glass, you think of Guangzhou’s breath when winter arrives in New York. There, you pour Hudson’s whiskey and name it the same vintages. You step into the room near Harlem, swallow the light that tastes of uptown rain and diesel. Your breath clouds the pane: another bottle finished, another Pacific ocean,… Read more →