Archive - Periphery

The Way it Bears Fruit

A Filipino-American daughter and her mother dig up a beloved loquat tree, unearthing buried memories and healing generational wounds.

Aug 20 •

Trin Encarnacion

July 2025

The Conversation

Two old friends meet for dinner in Brooklyn, but beneath polite conversation lies unspoken tensions about choices, sacrifice, and drifting apart.

Jul 16 •

Rohan Srinivasan: The Soundtrack of Storytelling

Rohan Srinivasan: 24-year-old Bay Area novelist blending film production background with literary craft in debut novel "An Imagined Life."

Jul 9 •

June 2025

Joanne Yi: Transforming Grief into Literary Truth

From Korean Roots to Voice of Healing in Young Adult novel, "All the Tomorrows After

Jun 11 •

May 2025

From the Margins | Issue 10

Discover 8 powerful Asian American Substack writers covering activism, healing, social justice, culture, and community stories

May 31 •

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Demian Elainé Yumei

The Secrets of Our Mothers

A daughter explores her Korean heritage through memories of her mother, finding meaning in silences, grief, and the weight of untold stories.

May 21 •

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Submissions (Deadline June 30, 2025)

Submit desert-themed fiction or creative nonfiction (under 3000 words) to Periphery Lit's anthology for Asian writers. Deadline soon!

May 7 •

April 2025

A writer's surreal dreams of Lord Ganesh offering magical but flawed gifts parallel her struggles with writing and a strained relationship.

Apr 16 •

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March 2025

February 2025

From the Margins | Issue 08

From memoir to photography: A carefully curated selection of contemporary South Asian writing that moves and challenges

Feb 28 •

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