The journey from private to public memory work is by necessity a slow and painstaking one, requiring grit, tenderness, and the steadfast support of fellow journeyers.

This page celebrates published writing by memory workers in the world—some pieces started or furthered in workshop, some nurtured through one-on-one mentoring, and some inspired by the creative tools and practices of MemoryWorks.

Click on the links below to experience the diverse hybrid forms through which these memory workers write into histories that have been silenced or erased.

And keep checking back, as this page will be regularly updated!

Lim Yin Foong


Mother-Daughter Conversation

Jin’s Art Gallery
Kuala Lumpur, October 2024

A lack of personal archives means I have to rely heavily on conversations with my mother to learn more about my Por-Por’s history. Yet there remain many gaps and silences… This collage is a creative response to these gaps.

Stephanie Y. Tam


”Bird Bones”


Harper’s Bazaar, 2024

Winner of 2024 Short Story Competition!

Floyd Cheung
Sylvia’s Darlings
with Commentary

Amerasia Journal, 2024

Parul Kapur
Inside the Mirror
University of Nebraska Press, 2024

Winner of the 2024 AWP Prize for the Novel!

Andrew Zubiri
Fibers of Being
Virginia Quarterly Review, 2024

Rona Luo


The Afterlives of Protest
The Massachusetts Review, 2023

Jenne Hsien Patrick


”Paint By Number 1”
”Is This Your Mother?”

Hayden

‘s Ferry Review, 2023

Leslie Tucker


We Sort of People


Kehrer Verlag, 2023

Madelaine Zadik
Avoidance
Consequence Forum, 2023

David Levine


Men to the Moon
The Thieving Magpie, 2022