Hi, I’m Michelle. I reside in Southern California, but you can find me curled up next to a good book anywhere.

Find poems and essays here. I hope you like them.

Thanks for stopping by. <3

michelle han-taylor

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Motherland
Motherland

For as long as I have known my mother, I have never really known my mother. First, there was the language barrier. Not the English–Korean language barrier, but a far more complicated one.

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souvenirs, etc.
souvenirs, etc.

Was I ever a child? / Was I really made? Or, had? / I don’t remember waking up before today…

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What I’m Reading Right Now

As of November 2, 2025

Right now, I’m reading Happiness Falls by Angie Kim. This was a book that’s been on my TBR for quite some time. I feel we rarely see a literary thriller centered around a Korean-American family, so that immediately intrigued me! Few chapters in and really enjoying it so far; it does a great job of bread-crumbing these juicy clues in between dense family drama.