XUJUN EBERLEIN is a writer born in China and living in Massachusetts. She is the author of the short story collection Apologies Forthcoming and her work can be found in AGNI, American Literary Review, Brevity, The Iowa Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, New England Review, and elsewhere. Her personal essay "Ms. Daylily" was selected for The Best American Essays 2023. She teaches creative writing at GrubStreet.