S. Qiouyi Lu, now based in Los Angeles, graduated from Carolina in 2012 with a major in Linguistics and a minor in Chinese. Their experiences at UNC included participating in the Carolina Southeast Asia Summer (SEAS) Program. Since graduating, Lu has become a prolific author of polyphonic genre work, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Lu’s output includes fiction, poetry, editing, and translating, winning an Emerging Artists Grant from the Columbus Arts Festival and an Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship from The Carl Brandon Society. You can read samples of their work and learn more about the forthcoming collection Inhalations on Lu’s website: https://s.qiouyi.lu