On Oversharing

A drawing of a tangerine with part of the skin unpeeled. The text reads: In small youth, I tended to overshare
A drawing of a tangerine with half of the skin unpeeled. The text reads: Always so quick to remove my armor, so willing.
A drawing of a tangerine with nearly all of skin unpeeled. The text reads: I believe doing so would endear me to strangers.
A drawing of a tangerine completely unpeeled. The text reads: But upon seeing my insides, some strangers got hungry.
A drawing of a tangerine completely unpeeled. A segment of the tangerine has been removed. There is no text.
A drawing of tangerine peel with no tangerine inside. The text reads: Sometimes there's a reason for the skin we grow.
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Angie Kang is a Chinese American writer and illustrator living in the California bay area. Her writing appears or is forthcoming in The Believer, Catapult, Narrative, The Offing, Ecotone, Shenandoah, and elsewhere. Angie has received support from Tin House, VONA/Voices, the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, and the Sundress Academy of Arts. Her debut picture book Our Lake is forthcoming with Kokila in 2025. More of her work can be found at angiekang.net or on twitter/instagram @anqiekanq. 

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