Untranslatable
Kristin WongA social science writer exploring what gets lost when we try to put life into words. Essays on identity, language, and the weirdness of being human.
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8 things on my mind in June
Writer’s block? Never heard of her.
I once heard someone say that writer’s block is like walking down a path you’ve taken a thousand times before but then you suddenly lose your sense of direction.
This summer, I keep finding myself on th...
10 things on my mind in April
Be water, my friend.
This year, I took a birthday road trip to San Francisco, where we slid down giant slides, sipped a tiki drink or two, rode a trolley, took pictures of sea lions, and scarfed down some really delicious clam chowder. Ove...
Kairosclerosis: The paradox of pursuing happiness
Photo by Madison Oren on Unsplash
Hi! Are you in the Pasadena/Los Angeles area? Come join me and at Burden of Proof on Wednesday, March 18th for Write Night: a night of community, writing, and collective power. This time, we’re raising f...
'Enryo' and the cost of being gentle in a harsh world
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Enryo (Japanese)
In second grade, a geologist came to our classroom to do a presentation on rocks. Which might not sound terribly exciting as an adult, but when I was eight, rocks were a much more significa...
What I worked on in 2025
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Working in media usually means working at a brisk pace. You pour all of your attention into a project, publish it, and then it’s onto the next thing, almost immediately. There’s barely time to reflect on the work...
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Kristin Wong has written for the New York Times, The Atlantic, Electric Literature, and ELLE, among others. She is a staff writer for Hidden Brain, a social science podcast and radio program that airs on NPR, and a columnist at Slate.
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