Touch Me Not

Mei Wen (The Philippines-Switzerland)

You can find the sources for “Touch Me Not” on Mei Wen’s website. Mei Wen is a Chinese Filipino writer who explores her relationship with herself, her family, and art through essays. Her works have appeared or are forthcoming in diaCRITICS, Spellbinder, The Lumiere Review, Anak Sastra, The Ekphrastic Review, After the Art, and 11 x 9: Collaborative Poetry from the Philippines and Singapore, among others. She enjoys nurturing communities, film photography, and watching cat reels. Born and raised in the Philippines, she now lives in Switzerland. Mei Wen is a pseudonym. Instagram: @houseblessing_