MY PARENTS DO NOT MEET by Liwen Xu
Once my father finishes and leaves, my mother leans back into her chair, rests her eyes on the clock above us, and begins to recall the lovers of her past.
Liwen Xu
Liwen Xu is a writer from the SF Bay Area. Her work has appeared in Boulevard, The Journal, Waxwing, Sine Theta Magazine, and more. She is a graduate of the Tin House Summer Workshop and an assistant fiction editor at The Rumpus. In her free time, she’s frequently running park trails, exploring new pockets of cities, and curating a haiku food Instagram @bon_appepoetry. You can find some of her work at liwen-xu.com or @liwendyxu on Twitter.