Cover Photo: This photograph shows the author's bedroom writing set up: a large pillow, with her laptop and notebooks sitting in front of it on the bed. To the right, we see a bookshelf and an adjustable lamp.
Photograph courtesy of the author

Where Jami Nakamura Lin Writes

That’s what my own process of writing, and living, is like: trying to conserve, redirect, and restore my energy in the most fruitful way.

Catapult columnThe Night Parade

This photograph shows the author's bed, this time set up with a desk that swings up from the side
Photograph courtesy of the author

In this photograph, we see the author's notebooks, laptop, and a close-up of her quilt
Photograph courtesy of the author

Cori Nakamura Lin

A photograph of the author's white, full-wall bookcase
Photograph courtesy of the author

This photograph is of the author's extensive garden. We see rows and rows of healthy green vegetable plants
Photograph courtesy of the author

Jami Nakamura Lin is the author of THE NIGHT PARADE (Mariner Books/HarperCollins and Scribe UK 2023), an illustrated memoir that uses yokai & other Japanese , Taiwanese, & Okinawan  folklore to investigate what haunts us.  A former Catapult columnist, she's written for the New York Times, Electric Literature, and other publications. 

Jami has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts/Japan-US Friendship Commission, Yaddo, Sewanee, and We Need Diverse Books.

Twitter: @jaminlin / jaminakamuralin.com