My name is Shirley Wang. I'm a writer from Iowa City. 

In 2018, I wrote a radio story called “My Dad's Friendship with Charles Barkley” for NPR’s Only A Game about my late father and his unlikely friendship with a retired basketball player.

If you liked this story, you might like reading the follow-up essay I wrote for Father’s Day called How to Grieve in Front Of Millions Of People, or this story about the Chinese Church in Iowa City, where my dad hosted New Year’s parties, or this story I wrote about Vedant Gupta, a 13-year-old sports media influencer, whose dad is also greatly entertaining. 

Email me at hi.shirleywang[@]gmail.com if you like! 

Other writing:

Dumb Asian Smart Blonde
Flaming Hydra

The Museum of Innocence
Flaming Hydra

Strangers on Tour
Flaming Hydra

It's Been a Lonely Winter for the Iowa Caucuses
Flaming Hydra

It's a Small Aisle After All
99 Percent Invisible

A flower sat facedown on the sidewalk. I flipped it over for someone else to find.
Popula

Proof of Love
Popula

How the Iowa Caucuses Work
NYT Opinion

We weren’t really sure which fans we had been seeing on the streets
Popula

How we got here
Popula

In the multicultural city of Macau, China, a DIY literary scene thrives
The Little Village

Hair art's one-woman show
The Little Village

Blogs:

sometimes I blog at shiapetdiary.com

and blog about academic articles helloheadin.blogspot.com

and post updates on my instagram @shirlgirlswirls