I am overjoyed to share that I have been selected for a fall artists' residency at Monson Arts in Maine! This follows a recent string of rejections and is a healthy reminder for me to never, ever give up. My application's writing sample was an excerpt from my novella, "Leaving Auckland," which appears in my debut story collection, Love and Other Rituals--and it's thrilling to see how a story I wrote about Filipino immigrants in New Zealand is now taking me to Maine. The writing life is indeed full of setbacks and disappointments, but it can also take you to unexpected places--isn't that the beauty of art as it breaks down barriers and connects us across the distances?
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