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1. My Longreads essay, Fat Girl Cries Herself To Sleep At Night, was chosen as a Notable in Best American Essays 2019, published in October. 2. I received a fellowship from Tin House for the Craft Intensive in CNF w/ T Kira Madden in November. 3. I was chosen as a Desert Nights, Rising Stars …

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1. I was admitted to Tin House Summer Workshop in CNF with Michelle Tea. There were 2,000 apps this summer so it feels good. 😀 2. I had a piece of fiction picked up by The Offing which will be published June 4th. It’s a weird/sexy little thing about a woman who gets paid to …

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This week I sold an essay to Longreads. It’s about living in my body and titled “Fat Girl Cries Herself To Sleep Last Night” (don’t worry, everyone, it’s a comedy). It will feature some of my mind-blowing color pencil illustrations. So get hype! My dog already is . 

In November I was asked to be interviewed for a short documentary about women and our reaction to the election results. Check it out! Here’s the link: https://vimeo.com/200406862    

My new micro essay published in PEN Center USA & The Rattling Wall’s post-election anthology, Only Light Can Do That, released this week.

Here’s a video of a reading and Q&A I did for Latino storytellers at The University of Alabama. Here’s the link: https://vimeo.com/188004456

Read it here: https://entropymag.org/the-ibis-and-the-storm/

Read it here: Natalie Lima Introduction (University of Alabama ’19)