https://www.brianlinlit.com/home daily 0.75 2020-07-08 https://www.brianlinlit.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/1619639709202-HJDPEVXY6LHE3BWYZDVA/contact+2.JPG Contact - I’d love to hear from you. https://www.brianlinlit.com/about daily 0.75 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/1619637966323-LQY0OJ94CUI1BDDO5U9P/IMG_1373.JPG About - Who is Brian? Brian Lin earned a Ph.D. in creative writing and literature at the University of Southern California. He has attended the Oregon Summer Workshop, the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, and the VONA Summer Workshop. He was a fellow at the Community of Writers Workshop and the Writing by Writers Workshop and a resident at Ragdale and The Cabins. His stories and essays can be found in Electric Literature, The Offing, The Rumpus, Poets & Writers Magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and more. Brian has completed a novel and is working on an essay collection. https://www.brianlinlit.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2026-07-14 https://www.brianlinlit.com/portfolio/write monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://www.brianlinlit.com/portfolio/teach monthly 0.5 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/1619632077739-5VQGSM4E6BXX8WQN40EC/IMG_2596.JPG Home - Teach - Training and experience Master’s in Secondary English from UCLA TEP Trained in ethnic studies, GATE, and IB Taught at high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/1619632120566-5LF3ZUGENUPRNY1BUTY3/IMG_3477.JPG Home - Teach - Teaching philosophy Community building is the foundation of my classroom, online or in-person. Explicit expectations, mutual vulnerability, and transparent communication are pillars of my pedagogy. Let’s model and scaffold everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/1619636594839-K3ILDBE5ESULDU0AIGUQ/curriculum.jpg Home - Teach - Areas of expertise Comparative ethnic studies Racial literacy Contemporary U.S. ethnic literatures Asian American literatures Composition https://www.brianlinlit.com/portfolio/serve monthly 0.5 2020-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/1619637526672-LPAAD8WGICMY6POFIOTO/line+edits.jpg Home - Serve - Fiction editor Whether in developmental or line edits, I aim for clarity and momentum. I’m very interested in issues of legibility, and I strive to de-center the white gaze. I value access and transparency, and I’m committed to de-mystifying the literary world. I have edited for Apogee Journal since 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/1619636291882-3VYIC182KH2SOX9M73QR/formation+group.JPG Home - Serve - Event organizer To me, “people of color” is nothing but solidarity work. I believe in the POC project and look for ways to build unexpected, humanizing communities: “Writing a Way,” The Table Reading Series The Hollywood Hotel (May 2018) “Formation: Writers of Color on Literary Lives” Skylight Books (September 2019) “New Futures,” Apogee Journal X The Offing AWP, The Cherrity Bar (March 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/1619637105350-K2L0ZQ13OXNN7FLJPDQU/apogee+social+media.jpg Home - Serve - Communications consultant I’ve worked with Apogee Journal and Kaya Press on: Fundraising and publicity campaigns Grant applications Social media strategy and book publicity, focusing on racial justice https://www.brianlinlit.com/portfolio/design monthly 0.5 2020-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/e3936d10-145c-4fac-9362-f98a2004f6f2/formation_group.png Home - Design "Formation," Instagram for group (September 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/66b53568-8ecb-4284-a519-72a21a3a2146/go+live_launch.png Home - Design "Go Live" campaign, launch (May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/6db0c375-d467-47a9-98d7-50bbf590270b/issue14_submit.png Home - Design Issue 14, call for submissions (March 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/641de615-8519-423c-b5c9-97a45f0180f8/formation_individual.png Home - Design "Formation," Instagram for individual (September 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/c009e443-23e0-4ea6-8871-6b6cd61344cd/go+live_quote1.png Home - Design "Go Live" campaign, poetry (May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/f9511585-e8be-40f0-b936-fa8d6edd9b28/POC+AWP_IG.png Home - Design POC AWP, launch (March 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/8c977032-280a-44ee-97ee-6319a768c2cc/formation_fb.png Home - Design "Formation," Facebook banner (September 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/0d7bfe73-ea40-4b4f-977a-bcbd03d6c209/go+live_quote2.png Home - Design "Go Live" campaign, prose (May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/26ca2b6f-c77c-43a9-8871-0cdf2fcd972a/kaya1.png Home - Design Kaya Press, public statement (July 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/1b258d6d-93fd-4683-96d0-cfd8f7ff1766/Formation+program.png Home - Design "Formation," program (September 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/c1367c3f-3ace-488b-8476-78ea45852bcf/go+live_quote3.png Home - Design "Go Live" campaign, poetry (May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/c823df31-95a6-4bb0-a7ae-845dfbe3465c/kaya2.png Home - Design Kaya Press, public statement (July 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/e28832ad-a02c-43bf-93ba-e1654d8636a6/tiny+table+readings.png Home - Design "Tiny Table Readings" at AWP, Instagram (March 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/271bec22-d701-4c73-a991-0ba26917888c/go+live_stamp+card.png Home - Design "Go Live" campaign, boba stamp card (May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/2817c229-16f0-4bc1-a8e6-21c8af184b0f/bestofnet2.png Home - Design Best of the Net nominations (October 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/c968f953-6bbd-4e07-8e35-f12f34671d68/new+futures_twitter.png Home - Design "New Futures" at AWP, Twitter (March 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/39c17be8-1f75-49e4-8136-1da4701836b6/P%26W+ad.png Home - Design Half-page ad in "Poets & Writers" (September/October 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/a44cc8c8-12d6-496d-983c-035f37d3030f/bestofnet1.png Home - Design Best of the Net nominations (October 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/cd5ecb11-6059-43d9-944c-3e7fd8aad34d/new+futures_ig.png Home - Design "New Futures" at AWP, Instagram (March 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/53329588-2ed7-4359-8662-17b4c4d66e9e/%5BApogee%5D+Giving+Tuesday+2020.png Home - Design Giving Tuesday, animation (December 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/5d037b58-499e-40e8-9a39-0bfecc4fd7fe/bestofnet3.png Home - Design Best of the Net nominations (October 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/ddee0f46-d2f5-4be4-bfb4-8c45c214b205/%5BApogee%5D+Holiday+2020+-+Revision.png Home - Design Holiday, animation (December 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/c9aa6af8-d25b-4050-ace8-8a1b0f39ab6d/new+futures_group.png Home - Design "New Futures" at AWP, Instagram for group (March 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/adfac887-49ac-4025-b1aa-f5b363c682d6/issue15_submit.png Home - Design Issue 15, call for submissions, animation (October 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/96df595e-b72f-4458-9f34-22fe4e682e0a/new+futures_individual.png Home - Design "New Futures" at AWP, Instagram for individual (March 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/48e661f3-2a0f-4943-9a0c-6f91f5304562/15_cover.png Home - Design Issue 15, cover (February 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/b3e19d5c-3f3e-42e7-9f84-75d688817b55/New+Futures+program.png Home - Design "New Futures" at AWP, program (March 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/7f0640a3-8674-4126-8e69-60ec60cf099e/15_F.png Home - Design Issue 15, fiction (February 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/047feea5-6343-4db8-9f57-956311164ed6/15_NF.png Home - Design Issue 15, non-fiction (February 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/6bfac3a6-cf81-4042-b666-8db7eb640397/15_P.png Home - Design Issue 15, poetry (February 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/b2abd353-13fd-44a7-8c1e-68103f5860ed/15_VA.png Home - Design Issue 15, visual art (February 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/adbce409-63be-448f-a75c-132f72a0ba93/Promoting+my+essays.png Home - Design Pull-quote graphic (March 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/941517a3-48e4-4a70-bde0-febe11849f99/Promoting+Rerun.png Home - Design Publication post (April 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/35b367b3-f098-4996-aba2-e889e426a8f8/%5BApogee%5D+Inside+Out+draft.png Home - Design Collaboration announcement (June 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/e444f9e9-8b2e-474e-aea7-fcb3bd6ec73d/1.png Home - Design Job call, animation (July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/c6ca1b1b-0243-4547-b1ae-9755ae2f18d8/2.png Home - Design Job call, qualifications (July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/7cd052ab-f148-4d0b-bc23-00cb0b9fc246/%5BApogee%5D+WR+flyer.png Home - Design Conference, flyer (July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e83b8d4cf009a30ed24b1ac/e77d9797-b314-4a5d-9834-7f5fa1eae9de/%5BApogee%5D+WR+IG.png Home - 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