My name is Anna Chu.
I am a writer based from the Twin Cities, Minnesota, now based in the Washington DC Area. I graduated from Macalester College in English Literature, and my work revolves around the Vietnamese voices and its intersection with women's rights and feminism.
My flash-fiction piece "egg rolls" was published on the online journal Parley Lit.
My short story "to have and to hold, to take and to own" is published on the online journal The Tahoma Literary Review.The story came from thinking of the body as grotesque and in its most intense states of survival. However, I wanted to fit these ideas of the body within the daily life of a teenage girl, her fascination with the body, and how survival is reflected in her body. Her body is constantly used as a prop or made into a joke, it’s violated by others, or put on display for viewing. As she thinks about the body’s survival, she’s also trying to survive the day to day life with family and peers who see her body as dirty and used.
My short story "cool girl" is published online in the Marathon Literary Review.Summary: Ivy and Sierra are best friends at the beginning of senior year until the competition for love and affection tears them apart.
My creative non-fiction story "Tom's Tailors" is published in the online journal The Scriblerus.
My short story "All Strings Attached" is published on the online journal 805Lit.Summary: A mother reckons with her sixth sense for her daughters and husband while feeling betrayed on Christmas Eve.
My poem "white dress" is published in the online journal Hairstreak Butterfly Review.
The Sex Talk ZineSponsored by Macalester College's Chuck Green Fellowship and Asian American Organizing Projects
"The Sex Talk" aims to normalize talking about sex and reproduction, and also uplift different Asian American experiences, as their experiences are tied to the lack of communication and education around these topics. It also looks to create a community and generation that rebels against the stigma that sex and reproduction are too dirty or shameful to talk about. This project is one step closer in making these topics more conversational than strict lectures.
Origins of the Vietnamese Community at St. Adalbert Church, St. Paul
The Vietnamese Catholic community at St. Adalbert Church in St. Paul (265 Charles Avenue) began growing in 1990, after Father Tim Kernan sponsored two Vietnamese families. Between 1990 and 2003, that community flourished due to increased immigration, a strong sense of faith, and the desire to maintain Vietnamese heritage in the youth born in Minnesota. This article was written during my time at the Minnesota Historical Society, published on their online encyclopedia, MNopedia.