Nora Sun

她 · she · her

Nora Sun (孙彦怡) is a Chinese American writer from Chicago. In her free time, she leads other lives as an academic researcher, statistics student at Harvard University, and creator of Talaria and mercuri.world. She is always waiting for the snow.

11:44 p.m., 09 February 2025, Cambridge, MA.
Photograph by C. H. Feng.

POETRY
· Ladder. Forthcoming in Eunoia Review.
· The Consult. The Shore, 2026.
· 2005. Neologism Poetry Journal, 2025.
· Decoy. dadakuku, 2025.CREATIVE NONFICTION
· In the Eye of the Storm. The Harvard Crimson, 2025.
· Tunnel Vision. The Harvard Crimson, 2023.
· Unapologetic Selfhood with Matta Zheng. The Harvard Crimson, 2023.
· Confessions of a Sparrow [PRINT ONLY]. Forging Worlds: Writing from the 2023 Scholastic Awards, 2023.JOURNALISM & EDITORIALS
· Inside TikTok's Mental Health Communities. Think Global Health, 2025.
· Climate Change, Gender Equality, and the Importance of Political Discourse: An Interview with Erika Mouynes. Harvard Political Review, 2024.
· We Must Increase Funding on Women's Health Research. Harvard Political Review, 2024.
· The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: An Interview with Isaac Kohane. Harvard Political Review, 2024.
· America's War on Gender-Affirming Care. Harvard Political Review, 2023.
· Graded homework is too restrictive for curious students. The Washington Post, 2023.

SELECTED EXPERIENCES
· Fiction Mentor, SUNHOUSE Summer Writing Mentorship, 2025.
· Poetry Reader, The Adroit Journal, 2023 – present.
· Fiction Mentee, The Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, 2023.SELECTED AWARDS
· Gold Medal Writing Portfolio Award, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, 2023.
· Gold Medal in Poetry, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, 2023.