From between the brows of low rolling hills we have Awakened, from within the liquid gaze of the fog Awakened. It’s now the end of spring March, amidst a splendid attire of green, too Awakened. Sunlight strolls through yearning acacias Offering our peeping heads a sheer yellow And a smile. We are a people of […]
Pinyu (Pearl) Hwang
PINYU (PEARL) HWANG graduated from Yale University in 2023 with a double major in computer science and linguistics. She grew up in Taiwan with a childhood spent alongside night market pinball machines, scooter-congested streets, and 7-11s around every corner. She loves to ponder the presentation of information—digitally, visually, linguistically—and is particularly fascinated by the ways language becomes art. She has published translations of works by contemporary Taiwanese writers such as Su Shao-Lien, Ping Lu, and Song Shang-Wei, and is drawn especially to language unconventional in some aspect—whether it be linguistically, metaphorically, or presentationally. Being Taiwanese and American, she holds a passion to share cultural artifacts of Taiwan with the English-speaking world, and as a linguistics student, language—and in particular, its intricate mechanisms and constant innovations—is very often both the medium by which she hopes to do so, and the very artifact she wishes to showcase.
