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Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
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Kimberly Rooney 高小荣 is a queer Chinese-American adoptee currently based in Philadelphia. They are a creative nonfiction editor at Sundog Lit and a 2023 Periplus Collective fellow, and their writing has appeared in The Offing, Longleaf Review, Chestnut Review, and Waxwing, among others. When they aren’t writing, they enjoy calligraphy, singing, and crocheting. You can find them at kimrooneywrites.com or on Twitter and Instagram @kimlypso.
Ghosts in the Mirror
My adoptive mother tells me I was precocious enough as a toddler to ask if I came from her belly. She says this was a sign I comprehended my adoption so early she never had to explain it to me.