A Refuge for Jae-In Doe: Fugues in the Key of English Major

While Seo-Young Chu earned her Ph.D. at Stanford University, an English professor sexually harassed and raped her. In this searing, formally inventive essay, Chu processes her traumatic experience and recovery in the poetic and academic forms she learned at Stanford, and she refuses to be silent.

Source: Entropy
Published: Nov 3, 2017
Length: 27 minutes (6,756 words)

Steven’s First Limo Ride

Steven is both the young protagonist’s stuffed frog and new little brother in this piece of short fiction about a troubled family, told from the blunt, optimistic point of view of a 10-year-old.

Source: Entropy
Published: Feb 8, 2017
Length: 21 minutes (5,472 words)

Dweller on the Threshold: On Being Trans, But Not Having Always Known

A raw, honesty essay on coming to terms with gender identity and trying to navigate existence in a culture fraught with issues around gender and sexuality. “I’m still not sure whether I’ll ever be ready to gain male privilege, to part with cis privilege.”

Source: Entropy
Published: Jan 16, 2017
Length: 13 minutes (3,479 words)