JiaJing Liu is a writer, poet, and translator. Her writing has appeared in The Awl, As/Us, and LEAP (the international art magazine of contemporary China). She has a penchant for crying in front of Pulitzer Prize winners. Past beneficiaries include Junot Diaz, Adam Johnson, and Paul Harding. When suffering from writer’s block, which is often, she can be found pacing the floors of the Bay Area’s many museums and art galleries. Her redeeming qualities are her love for pocket-sized books and Islay whisky. And if you ask nicely, she will tell you where her ancestors are from, really.