InMemoir MixtapesbyStef Tran·Jul 12, 2019Stef Recommends: “Never Stop” by SafetySuitThe first time I heard this song I was in the middle of falling in love again. It was late spring in Dublin, the days slowly but steadily…
Stef Tran·Jan 2, 2019notes on an hourglass / like you’re running out ofI finished writing this poem three years ago, on the first day of 2016. Since then, it’s gotten rejected from every single publication I…
Stef Tran·Nov 26, 2018nthYou want to know how to tell the difference between the snake that is harmless and the snake that will kill you, and the answer is you…
InMemoir MixtapesbyStef Tran·Jun 22, 2018Stef Recommends: “I Want You” by SHINeeWriting about music is hard when you are not possessed of the Legit Music Criticism Vocabulary — but I’m trying my darndest now for SHINee…
Stef Tran·Jul 27, 2015Gabriel: A FairytaleStory I wrote for a short story exchange with a friend back in 2011. This was an attempt to imitate Oscar Wilde’s style, and though I don’t…
Stef Tran·Jul 16, 2015Box“O-kay. Let’s see what we’re dealing with here.” He clicks his tongue and flips the folder open. Then he starts to read, and his eyes grow…
Stef Tran·Jun 16, 2015Love in the Water: A Review of Mark Cayanan’s “Narcissus”Two years ago for class, I had to write a review of a recently-published book of Filipino poetry. Found the file again recently, so thought…
Stef Tran·Mar 7, 2015Maria Makiling Remembers Her LoverCirca 2013, when my poems were still very third-culture kiddy-slash-mountain mountain-slash-ALL MY LADIES.
