Anson is a freelance book critic, essayist, and journalist. She has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, Chicago Review of Books, The Rumpus, JoySauce, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Mental Hellth, Washington Independent Review of Books, and The Millions.
She writes a newsletter with no theme and more than three things called Third Thing.
She also serves as a reader for The Rumpus essay section.
Creative Nonfiction:
JoySauce: Shanghainese may be a dying language, but it’s not dead yet
JoySauce: Who Gets to Say How Chinese I Am?
Claudine: Lulu Wang, Call Me (forthcoming)
Prism: I Searched My Own Name in My Dead Dad’s Phone (forthcoming)
Book Reviews/Interviews:
The Brooklyn Rail: Lauren Rothery’s Television
Chicago Review of Books: Living Inside Collapse: An Interview with Anika Jade Levy
Chicago Review of Books: A Lack of Shared Reality in Elaine Hsieh Chou’s “Where Are You Really From”
Chicago Review of Books: Beyond This Vibes-Based Ecosystem: An Interview with Mariel Franklin about “Bonding”
The Brooklyn Rail: Sable Yong’s Die Hot With a Vengeance
Chicago Review of Books: Liberalism in Crisis: Kevin M. Schultz’s Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals)
Chicago Review of Books: Every Woman Needs at Least Three Group Texts: A Conversation with Lyz Lenz
The Rumpus: Hometown Humbling: Delia Cai’s Central Places
Reporting:
Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ: Chicago musicians leave Spotify over concerns about data privacy and AI
Chicago Reader: A potato-themed speed dating venture
Fiction:
The Rumpus: Sorry For My Loss (forthcoming)
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