Pin-Han Li

Pin-Han Li was born in Taiwan and now resides in Maryland, USA. His passion for English literature led him to study creative writing at the University of Oxford, where he focuses on poetry and fiction. His work explores how individuals endure and strive within the fragmented and often numbing routines of contemporary life, as well as how Taiwanese immigrants negotiate their identities between their places of origin and their lives in the United States. He welcomes correspondence and literary conversations at a6310673@gmail.com.

The Letters

BR31. 15 hours and 24 minutes. From JFK to TPE. Departs at 1:33 a.m. I’m going back—to see my family, and of course, you.
When I heard your name from my mom on the phone last night, it felt like only yesterday we had lingered after school, as if time would never touch us—we were on your bike, laughing and talking, or in our usual corner beside the banyan tree

“The Daughter,” “The Mother,” and “The Grandma”

The night—quiet but full of hushed bickering—
returned. I put on headphones, but in vain.
The moon was bright yet restlessly flickering.

Looking at the photos on the wall—once sweet—
I could feel the lies and yelling
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