Anne LinExcerpts from How to Have Friends and Still Feel AloneBack in 2018, my friend Kevin asked me to write some pieces for his zine he made for the East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest. The zine…Mar 28, 2023Mar 28, 2023
Anne Lin27I was told by my dear friend Dave on my 25th birthday that his 25th was a formative year, a gift that I hadn’t known would seep deeply into…Jul 29, 2022Jul 29, 2022
Anne Linunder the pear treeunder the pear tree mother of love whose child found its way into your waiting gloveMay 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Anne LinTrain Ride to MarylandI woke abruptly to find us sitting side by side in the last row of seats in a train car. I lifted my head off your shoulders to take in the…Aug 16, 2021Aug 16, 2021
Anne Lin23In Chinese, 女孩 means girl and 女人 means woman. I would tell my mother over the phone that I’m a 女人 now, that I can make my own decisions and…Jul 29, 2018Jul 29, 2018
Anne LinTo my dear wanderer,How lucky you are to be living a voyage through the vast unknown waters we call life, while the rest of us sit back and drift practically…Feb 8, 2018Feb 8, 2018
Anne Lin22Her best friend sat limply to her left on a late night subway train snaking its way under the hushed city. It was midnight’s next hour, and…Jul 29, 20171Jul 29, 20171
Anne LinPart 1Who made me out to be such a romantic; how did I become someone with a head so stuck up in endless thoughts of ideals, situations far too…Jul 15, 2017Jul 15, 2017
Anne LinI wonder if my brother loves me.He was my best friend growing up in our quiet suburban neighborhood. We played pretend and built our world purely from our…Apr 5, 2017Apr 5, 2017
Anne LinThis is What Happens When You Start Hating the Friend You Love the MostSomething breaks. Whether it is your patience, your understanding, your communication, something just breaks one day and it all feels very…Mar 22, 2017Mar 22, 2017
