Personal Essays
"Dad's Voluptuous Dream City is Santa Ana"
Front page, Morning Read section, The Orange County Register.
"It Happened at the Library"
Interviewed by The Orange County Register about summer childhood memories for the “Summer: Some memories last forever” article.
"Against the Grain"
Personal essay about fighting the odds and cultural expectations to become a published writer. This essay was published in the anthology, Pho for Life: A Melting Pot of Thoughts.
"Misfit," "Very Asian Feelings" Art Exhibit
An art exhibit curated by Thai-American artist and community activist, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya. My mini story about growing up Asian American was a part of the curated stories portion, “Our Stories,” of the exhibit.
Poetry
Journal publications
- “The Balloon Artist” and “The Farmer and the Alien,” Roi Fainéant Press
- “The Wolf with Flowers,” Selcouth Station (defunct)
- “Paradise, Hell,” “Ruler of the Hill,” and “The Bat,” Samjoko Magazine
- “How a Thai Garuda Made Me Laugh,” Amethyst Review
- “Spring Fever,” Brazos River Review, Volume Two
- “The Flying Man,” Honey Literary
- “The Vagabond,” The Jupiter Review
- “The Cat’s Poetry Manuscript,” Double Yolk
- “The Cockroach,” Double Yolk
- “Grave Secrets” and “Deathland,” Rio Grande Review
- “The Obsoletion,” The Cincinnati Review
- “I Am Home,” West Trestle Review
- “Welcome to Ghost Town,” Mystic Owl Magazine
- “The Trunk with Dreams,” Mystic Owl Magazine
- “The Call to Play,” Midway Journal
- “Scavenger Hunt at the Library,” Inlandia Journal
- “Dear Khun Yai,” Peatsmoke Journal
- “Self-Portrait as Static Noise,” diaCritics
- “Mad Libs Sonnet: Portrait of My Father,” The ASP Bulletin, forthcoming
- “Origins Story,” “Square Poem Sonnet: Dueling,” and “Searching for Unknowns,” Broken Lens Journal, forthcoming
- “Double Sonnet for Desperately Seeking Saviors,” Bluestem, forthcoming
Books
- CARE INSTRUCTIONS, Finishing Line Press, 2024
- “Farewell,” “Khun Yai,” and “The Skeletal Crew,” RCLS Literary Services Anthology Vol 1: Where We Begin, RCLS Literacy Services, 2023
- “The Halloween Fireball,” San Diego Poetry Annual, 2022-2023
- It Wasn’t a Dream, Fahmidan Publishing & Co., 2022
- Em(body)ment of Wonder, Raine Publishing, 2021
- “Superheroes,” California’s Emerging Poets 2019: An Anthology, Z Publishing House, 2019
Art exhibits & projects
- “Some Days,” contrapuntal poem, “Looking Back / Moving Forward: The Wisdom of Older Women” exhibit (May 13-August 6, 2023), Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, CA
- “The Fortune Teller Tuts and Declares,” palindrome poem, San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health’s “Meet the Artist” exhibit, May 20-June 4, 2023, San Bernardino County Museum
- California Partnership for the Future of Learning’s Annual Arts and Culture Series: The Shared Power Of Healing, Joyful Schools, two visual poems, forthcoming
Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
- “Hope,” WILDsound’s Short Story Winner for Winter 2016
- Untitled poem, 2018 Button Poetry Short Form Contest winner
- Gasher’s Submission Fee Grant, 2022
- GrubStreet’s Boston Writers of Color Literary Support stipend, 2023
- The Highlights Foundation Rebecca Kai Dotlich Scholarship for poetry writers, 2023
Workshops and Events
- Santa Ana Public Library’s Author Hour, January’s author, January 2023
- Kenyon Review Winter Online Writers Workshop (juried, for poetry), participant, January-March 2023
- Santa Ana Unified School District Ethnic Studies Annual Community Conference, closing poet/keynote speaker, April 2023
- TeenTime by Santa Ana Public Library poetry workshop, instructor, April 2023
- LibroMobile author event, celebrating release of It Wasn’t a Dream, May 2023
- 2023 How-To Festival, online video instruction to create erasure poetry, June 2023
- VONA Summer 2023 Virtual Workshop (juried), participant, July 2023
- Monthly Palm Desert Library Teen Time writing workshop, ongoing (poetry), instructor
Interviews & Press
- LET’S KNOW OUR POETS BETTER: AN INTERVIEW SERIES WITH CONTEMPORARY POETS interview with Mandira Pattnaik, forthcoming
- Speaking of Marvels interview
- Creativity Café with Sofía Aguilar
- “Women of Wisdom show featuring 70 local women artists is extended to August 13,” Fullerton Observer
- “Fullerton Museum Center looks to the ‘Wisdom of Older Women’,” Daily Pilot (Los Angeles Times)
- Second interview with Voyage LA
- Interview with Voyage LA
- “An Interview with Tanya S. Thamkruphat,” Double Yolk
- “A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Tanya Sangpun Thamkruphat”
- WILDsound’s short story interview