Frenci Nguyen

Doctoral Student, concentration in Creative Writing

Education

M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Pedagogy/Nonfiction from Miami University, 2021

• Thesis: You and Me, Always

B.A. in English, Creative Writing Concentration from The University of North Texas, 2018

• Minor: Japanese
• Certificates: Japanese Language Certificate, Technical Writing Certificate

Research & Scholarly Interests

• Experimental forms
• Memoir and personal essay
• Diaspora studies
• Asian American literature

Publications

“Closing the Distance.” The Essay Form(s). Edited by Jill Talbot. Columbia University Press, 2024.

“From Muscle Memory: A Cà Ri Gà Recipe.” Hive Avenue Literary Journal. Issue 7. May 2023.

“Grin and (Don’t) Bear It.” GASHER. Fall 2022 Issue. November 2022. 

“lunar.” The Citron Review. Spring 2022 Issue. 21 March 2022. 

“Hereditary.” Emerald City Literary Magazine. Issue 3. May 2021. 

“Kenophobia.” Bat City Review. Issue 17. May 2021. 

“To the Miami University Payroll Lady.” Hippocampus. July 2020. 

“Thanks for the Invalidation.” peculiar. Issue 7. November 2019. 

Awards

Betty Jane Abrahams Memorial Poetry Prize Runner-up, May 2021

Jordan-Goodman Graduate Award in Creative Nonfiction, April 2020

Japan-America Society of Houston Shintech-Kanagawa Fund Scholarship: 1^st place in the 29^th Annual Texas State Japanese Speech Contest at Rice University, March 2018