Archive - REASONS FOR LIVING with Esmé Weijun Wang

Your Legacy is Not About You

what alice wong taught me about legacy

Jan 26 • Esmé Weijun Wang

On visibility, grief, and action

Jan 15 • Esmé Weijun Wang

Reason for Living: You're Going to Live Forever

when you're not ready to say good-bye

Jan 6 • Esmé Weijun Wang

December 2025

Everyone Became a Demon

on my mother's theory of evil

Dec 15, 2025 • Esmé Weijun Wang

The Chronology of Water (2025)

you're on your own, kid

Dec 9, 2025 • Esmé Weijun Wang

Starfish (a short story)

a never-before published short story

Dec 3, 2025 • Esmé Weijun Wang

November 2025

For the writers who are still here, still trying (plus a $1 invitation)

Available today only for Reasons for Living readers

Nov 30, 2025 • Esmé Weijun Wang

wrong link! pardon, pardon, pardon

human error 4-ever

Nov 29, 2025 • Esmé Weijun Wang

when persistence needs to be gentle 🍃

hey, ho—let's go

Nov 29, 2025 • Esmé Weijun Wang

when your brain won’t hold the thread 🧵

missed out on writing through brain fog and/or the cell method?

Nov 28, 2025 • Esmé Weijun Wang

Writer's Block 🫠

(New & Improved, with Extra Stuckness)

Nov 23, 2025 • Esmé Weijun Wang

How the Year Tore Off on Broken Feet

Or, Hi, I’m back, and thank you for waiting

Nov 13, 2025 • Esmé Weijun Wang

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