irene hsu is a writer and researcher based in Brooklyn and the Bay Area. They are working on a chapbook about sand, soil, and islands—a poetics that dismembers the u.s. war machine. At CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, they scheme to fight real estate propaganda and grow the narrative power of immigrant and working class tenant movements. Their writings and conversations are homed in the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Wendy’s Subway, Brooklyn Rail, among others—more at irnhs.tumblr.com. Illustration by Ziyi Li.
