fiction
“And so it is a habit they built. They sit at the kitchen island, drink the disgusting herbal tea that neither of them likes because drinking coffee would be counterproductive to the lie they’re telling themselves, the lie that they want to sleep.”
non-fiction
This is a letter essay I wrote in my senior year of high school as one of my personal college entrance essays. It is a letter to my now 4-year-old niece Nairi that I hope to one day give to her.
fiction
This is a fictional case study – a fictional work written on the bases of a non-fictional case study – of what life with an eating disorder looks like. I tried to focus on characterizing elements with an evident absence of exposition in this and to subtly portray my research of eating disorders.
If you are currently suffering or have suffered from eating disorders, this could be potentially triggering.
non-fiction
This work contains mentions of sexual assault and eating disorders. It is a reflection on my own girlhood through the lens of adulthood written for my Women of Color class as a sophomore in college.