Wah-Ming Chang is a writer and bookmaker whose work explores the voids found in family mythologies.

The fiction began in 1986, has received support from such organizations as Yaddo, the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ucross, Art Omi: Writers, and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, The Literary Review, Joyland, and The Kenyon Review, among other publications.

The photography and travel began in 2009.

Hand, Held, her hybrid-memoir artist’s book about her father’s art practice, began in 2023 and is forthcoming from Bored Wolves in 2026. The broader project takes shape in the form of zines, salons, and installations, portions of which have been exhibited at Rehearsal Art Book Fair, the Jersey Art Book Fair, and Accent Sisters, with the latter showcasing an iteration in the 39 Footnotes group exhibition (2025). An excerpt was published in Epiphany Magazine. A Hand, Held salon series will take place in the latter half of 2026 and in 2027.

The em dashes (poems) began in 2024, and have appeared in Works & Days and Abundant Number.

Other projects span the lengths of cities, postcards, dreams, Pedro Páramo, and the Low-Key Reading Party. To participate in any of these projects, please get in touch:

wmcisnowhere at gmail dot com.

Home is Brooklyn, as is wmc is now here. Work is Catapult Books, as Managing Editorial Director.

I have the Substack.

I socialize on the Instagram.

A list of publications, events, honors, and projects can be found here.