Emma Wu (she/they) is a writer and activist originally from Houston, Texas. They hold an MFA in Fiction from Rutgers University-Camden. Their work has been published in Gulf Coast, New Delta Review, Blue Mesa Review, and elsewhere. They have participated in writing residencies, such as Wildacres Artist Residency, Art Farm Nebraska, and Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat, and were shortlisted for the DISQUIET 2024 Literary Prize in Fiction. Currently residing in Philadelphia, Emma is a Post-Graduate Research Faculty Fellow in the English Department at George Washington University where they teach at the intersection of digital storytelling and carceral justice.

POETRY

Whole-Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics: Figure 14.15 and Figure 14.16

By EMMA WU

like how A vein of ore will fill a fissure. / like how two plates, pressing, will rise.