Frenci Nguyen
Doctoral Student, concentration in Creative Writing
Education
M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Pedagogy/Nonfiction from Miami University, 2021
- Thesis: You and Me, Always
B.A. in English, Creative Writing Concentration from The University of North Texas, 2018
- Minor: Japanese
- Certificates: Japanese Language Certificate, Technical Writing Certificate
Research & Scholarly Interests
- Experimental forms
- Memoir and personal essay
- Diaspora studies
- Asian American literature
Publications
Closing the Distance. The Essay Form(s). Edited by Jill Talbot. Columbia University Press, 2024.
From Muscle Memory: A C Ri G Recipe. Hive Avenue Literary Journal. Issue 7. May 2023.
. GASHER. Fall 2022 Issue. November 2022.
. The Citron Review. Spring 2022 Issue. 21 March 2022.
. Emerald City Literary Magazine. Issue 3. May 2021.
K梗紳棗梯堯棗莉勳硃. Bat City Review. Issue 17. May 2021.
. Hippocampus. July 2020.
Thanks for the Invalidation. peculiar. Issue 7. November 2019.
Awards
Betty Jane Abrahams Memorial Poetry Prize Runner-up, May 2021
Jordan-Goodman Graduate Award in Creative Nonfiction, April 2020
Japan-America Society of Houston Shintech-Kanagawa Fund Scholarship: 1st place in the 29th Annual Texas State Japanese Speech Contest at Rice University, March 2018