Gatekeeping, The New Yorker

Hatagaya Lore, The New Yorker

Crossings, The Yale Review

Last Coffeehouse on Travis, The New Yorker

Server, The New Yorker

On Some Memories I Hold Dear, The New Yorker

On A Year in Gay Bars, The New Yorker

On Omurice, Among Other Things, The New Yorker

On Ackee and Saltfish, The New Yorker

On Pancakes and Fritters, The New Yorker

On Bread Pudding and Queer Baking, The New Yorker

On Kare Pan, The New Yorker

On the Many Different Ways of Experiencing an American Election, The New Yorker

On Tumblr, Platform Gentrification, and Our Shrinking Internet, Buzzfeed

On Seiwa Market and Houston’s Grocery Stores,  BuzzFeed

On Boys, The Paris Review

On My Barber(s), The Paris Review

On Playing Soccer in New Orleans, The Paris Review

On Tattoos, The Paris Review

On Broth, Comfort, and Memory, Hazlitt

On Some Films that Mean A Good Deal to Me, Hazlitt

On Karaage and the Universality of Fried Chicken, MUNCHIES

On Writing a Love Story, The Cut

On Queer Spaces, Stigma, Joy, and Generally Dealing, BuzzFeed