Lena Crown is a writer from Northern California. Her work has been published in Guernica, Narratively, Gulf Coast, Sonora Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Offing, and elsewhere. She currently serves as the PEN/Faulkner Writer in Residence and as an editor for Autofocus Books while writing a memoir and essay collection.
Teh-lo: I liked the way the word felt and sounded. Small and round, like a pebble. When I mouthed it to myself, the tip of my tongue flicked the back of my teeth.
