https://donnalynxu.com donnalyn xu Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:42:06 +0000 https://donnalynxu.com en https://donnalynxu.com/about Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:42:06 +0000 donnalyn xu https://donnalynxu.com/about Hello! My name is Donnalyn and I am an emerging writer, poet, editor, and arts worker living and learning on Dharug land in Sydney, Australia. &nbsp;I write creative non-fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews of art, film, and literature. In every form, I am fascinated by the entanglement between art and language, particularly as a shared mode of enquiry and care. My writing often explores the strangeness of memory through our relationship with art and materiality. I am inspired by colours, stillness, film scores, and quiet feelings.&nbsp; I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications), and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours Class I and the University Medal) in English and Art History from the University of Sydney, where I teach as a casual academic in Art History. My research interests include material culture from Southeast Asia, affect, and postcolonial theory. I also work in membership and professional development at the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA). I have previously edited poetry for the literary youth magazine&nbsp;Voiceworks, and participated in Express Media’s Toolkits: Poetry 2023 and Pari’s collaborative program P2P Ngariung #2. <img width="2359" height="1685" width_o="2359" height_o="1685" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b13b510a520dceef584d3e643fd8680d9f8840cb0c50b4059f652440f1c692af/IMG_2246.jpg" data-mid="183400011" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b13b510a520dceef584d3e643fd8680d9f8840cb0c50b4059f652440f1c692af/IMG_2246.jpg" />Interviews and profiles Sine Theta Magazine / Honi Soit I acknowledge the Dharug Nation, the traditional custodians of the lands on which I live, work, and love. I pay my respects to First Nations communities' Ancestors and Elders. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.