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Literature

Form as a way
of thinking.

Three selected pieces concerned with form, constraint, and the ways language makes thought visible.

Selected writing

Writing Portfolio

Three selected pieces for a brief admissions review.

  1. The Evanescent Bridge, or the Value of Vulnerability

    THOUGHTSJul 2026
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  2. A Trip of Seeking

    HAIBUNAug 2026
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  3. The Mad

    “They called me mad way before they called me a murderer.”

    IMAGINATIONJul 2026
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Reading

Reading notes

Books currently shaping the questions behind the work.

  • Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas Hofstadter
  • The Savage Detectives

    Roberto Bolaño
  • Labyrinths

    Jorge Luis Borges