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!
Rona Luo “Excavation” Honey Literary, Winter 2025
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.
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 Winter 2023
Rona Luo
”The Afterlives of Protest”
The Massachusetts Review, Spring 2023
Madelaine Zadik
”Avoidance”
Consequence Forum, 2023
David Levine
”Men to the Moon”
The Thieving Magpie, 2022