I'm a writer, audio producer, and MFA candidate in creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. My written work has appeared in The Sunday Long Read, The Fourth River, Inheritance, and elsewhere; his audio work won the “Best New Artist” award at the 2020 Third Coast International Audio Festival, was selected as one of The Bello Collective’s “100 Outstanding Podcasts of 2020,” and was shortlisted for the 2021 HearSay Audio Festival Prize.
Clips:
"Infinities" | https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/infinities | An immerse audio memoir about the collision between mental illness and a toxic workplace environment. Winner of the "Best New Artist" award at Third Coast in 2020.
"Tiananmen: An Oral History" | https://69billwilliam420.wixsite.com/website-1/too-young-english | My thesis project about the stories of ordinary people affected by the Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing, 1989.
"Notes on Cycling" | https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xjywexloru50rj/notes%20on%20cycling%20%28final%2C%20mp3%29.mp3?dl=0 | An audio essay about buying a bike and being sad, although not necessarily in that order.
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