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 2025-09-23 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 Tin House 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, The Margins, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and more. Brian has completed a novel and is working on an essay collection about performance and politics. https://www.brianlinlit.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2025-01-17 https://www.brianlinlit.com/portfolio/write monthly 0.5 2020-07-09 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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