Lydia Wei

I'm a writer based in DC. My nonfiction and criticism have appeared in The Guardian, Pitchfork, Paste, Washingtonian, Washington City Paper, and The 51st. My fiction has appeared in The Rumpus.

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Here's some of my writing.

Selected nonfiction

• Review of The Hellp, Riviera, Pitchfork

• Review of The Deep, KPOP B!TCH, Pitchfork

• Review of MGNA Crrrta, Beautiful Disaster, Pitchfork

• Review of Fcukers, Ö, Pitchfork

• Slayyyter profile, Paste

• Review of Rosalía, LUX, Paste

• “Eli’s ‘Glitter’ Is a Y2K Throwback in a ‘Dump Him’ T-Shirt”, Pitchfork

• Review of AG Cook at Brooklyn Paramount, The Guardian

• “I hate Instagram’s 20-photo carousel", Deez Links: Hate Reads

Fiction

• "THE FEMCEL CATALOG", The Rumpus

 Reach out: lydia.5.wei[at]gmail[dot]com