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 Cà Ri Gà Recipe.” Hive Avenue Literary Journal. Issue 7. May 2023.

“Grin and (Don’t) Bear It (opens in a new window).” GASHER. Fall 2022 Issue. November 2022. 

“lunar (opens in a new window).” The Citron Review. Spring 2022 Issue. 21 March 2022. 

“Hereditary (opens in a new window).” Emerald City Literary Magazine. Issue 3. May 2021. 

“Kenophobia.” Bat City Review. Issue 17. May 2021. 

“To the Miami University Payroll Lady (opens in a new window).” 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: 1^st place in the 29^th Annual Texas State Japanese Speech Contest at Rice University, March 2018