Every two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, “Muscle Memory” by Alice Fong-Yi Liu. Liu is a Chinese-American author whose writing focuses on identity, growing up with immigrant parents, parenting, caretaking and a career in cybersecurity. Her writing explores vulnerability, trauma and healing, often through food, fa…
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