2020，妳過的好嗎？
從好幾年前開始，就再也沒有認真寫過年度回顧或是新年展望，想著把日常的每一天都過得踏實充盈，也就不太在意跨年，不在意生日。也曾經覺得許下新年希望，就像是在幫自己製造必要的樂觀主義，必要的幻覺，而我們也需要那彩虹棉花糖般繽紛的幻覺，才能夠往前走進下個年度，也才能嘗試活得好。
隔離記事(之六)：窗外
在防疫旅館的第一個晚上，我拍了窗外的街景，跟系上的好友Ｍ分享。照片裡是我從位在二樓的房間看見的廣州街夜市，各式的招牌、霓虹燈，還有遊戲機台上不斷閃爍著的彩色光芒幾乎每個傍晚都準時地點亮街道。週末川流的人群，還有不分平日與週末都坐在大雨傘下等待生意上門的攤販，或是叼根香菸，或是與街坊鄰居攀談，是窗外自有的時序與生活。
Loss, Hope, and Gift-Giving: Teaching Iep Jāltok During the Pandemic
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Against the Politics of Respectability: Writing as Attention-Giving
*Note: This essay was written and delivered as a talk on the online panel of “Writing in the time of COVID-19: Race, Dystopia, and the Humanities in/of Crisis.” The panel was sponsored by EALA, Taiwan, organized and moderated by Professor Andy Chih-ming Wang. My deepest gratitude to Andy, who invited me to be part of the conversation in the first place, and to my co-panelists Jessica Chang and Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen, whose feedback and engagement helped me think with more depth. I am grateful, too, for the audience listening in from different parts of the world and the tech support group for the event.
