Tiffany Yo

Tiffany Yo is a Chinese Indonesian immigrant, writer, community organizer, and lawyer. Her work has been published in The Rumpus and Sierra Nevada Review, and she is a 2026 Periplus Fellowship Finalist. Tiffany reads essay submissions for The Rumpus and is a co-founder of Slipper Assembly, a community for Asian creatives.

She is writing a memoir about a childhood of physical and emotional dislocation in Jakarta, Singapore, Memphis, and Phoenix. She now lives in Austin.

Contact Tiffany at hi.tiffyo[at]gmail.com.

Publications

Essays

“Indomie for Waiting”
Sierra Nevada Review, Vol. 37 (September 2024)

“To My Third Father”
The Rumpus (November 2024)

“On Estrangement During the Holidays”
Asian Family Support Services of Austin (December 2024)

Author Interviews

“Memoir to Novel, Sister Texts: A Conversation with T Kira Māhealani Madden”
The Rumpus (March 2026)

“On Sacrifice, Siblings, and Familial Scripts: A Conversation with Jane Park”
The Rumpus (April 2026)

Readings

Spend Time Zine Mart’s Monthly Zine Party
Community Garden (July 2024)

Slipper House: Community Art Showcase
Gia Đình Goods (August 2024)

An Evening with Tones
Asian American Resource Center (March 2025)