M Lin

M Lin is a Chinese writer and translator living in the US. Born and raised in Beijing, she writes in English as her second language. Her debut short story collection, The Memory Museum, was published by Graywolf Press in April 2026, including stories that have appeared in Ploughshares, Electric Literature, swamp pink, Joyland, Epiphany, and Fence. Her nonfiction and translations can be read in The New York Times, Guernica, Words Without Borders, The Margins, and elsewhere.  

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