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Yiru Zhang, born in Nanjing, China, is a finalist for the John Steinbeck Award for Fiction and a recipient of the Literary Journal’s New Criticism Award. She has works published or forthcoming in Reed Magazine, the Florida Review, Tahoma Literary Review, Gordon Square Review, and other venues. She is currently working on a collection of short stories threading boundaries, brokenness, and intimacy.
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