Xoài writes fiction, poetry, prose and articles. She is currently doing her Master's in Creative Writing. Xoài has completed a writing course with Oxford University, and sometimes hosts at Spoken Word Paris. Her work touches on many themes including multiculturalism (based on her experiences as a TCK), relationships, nature, coming of age and transition.
Features
Mini-chapbooks of poetry and artwork were sold at the guest features.
- Sous Les Pavés, Les Poètes: a poetry documentary by Jo Morrigan Black (June 2023)
- GUEST POET Spoken Word Paris (June 6 2022)
- BBC Norfolk radio interview with Taryn Everdeen (Feb 2022)
- Interview by Taryn Everdeen (Dec 2021): "I'm from everywhere and nowhere." | Home, Friendships, and Creativity
- Common Words - Virtual European Spoken Word Adventure (June 13 2020)
- GUEST POET Paris Lit Up (Sept 5 2019)
Poetry:
The Menteur (University of Kent literary magazine):
- Upcoming issue (June 2024) on the theme of Myth
Four poems: pandora, naturalisation, chimney sweeping, and spawn
+ an interview
Tears in the Fence (March 2024, Issue 79): Open casket and Paris, May 2022
The Opiate
- I ask Leah what my white girl name would be (September 2018)
Paris Lit Up:
- Triptych (Paris Lit Up: April 2020 eZine:)
- The Entertainer (PLU8 Magazine, October 2020)
- Innocence and short prose God Story (PLU9 Magazine, June 2021)
International House of Poets (Shanghai) IHOP zine:
- Crossings (November 2016)
- Epilogue to Hibernation (March 2017 )
- Home/Untitled Unfinished (July 2017)
Littlestar Short Story Competition (Shanghai)
- If they find us (1st Prize Winner, 2016)
- Go Home (3rd Prize Winner, 2017)
Fun fact: Xoài also hosted Creative Writing Clubs in High School, in both Shanghai and Indonesia.
Radio Play:
- One Way Ticket (Not4Girls project with Little Wonder Books, performed by Moving Parts Theatre Group, March 2021)
Articles:
Medium: Decolonise IB: How international school alumni are mobilising to diversify the expat curriculum (June 2020)
The International Educator: ODIS: A Student-Led Movement to Decolonise International Schools
(September 2020, co-written by Anna Clara Fontoura Fernandes Reynolds)