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Ling Ma is an Associate Professor in the Creative Writing department at the University of Chicago, specializing in fiction writing and contemporary literature. Her research interests include speculative fiction, Kafka studies, late capitalism, and zine culture.
- MacArthur Fellowship (2022)
- The Story Prize winner
- National Book Critics Circle Award recipient
- Windham-Campbell Literature Prize
Research Focus: Ma explores intersections between reality and fantasy through a lens of Chinese-American diaspora experiences, labor issues, and critiques of capitalist structures. Her work incorporates horror/sci-fi genres, 90s/00s zine aesthetics, and contemporary art influences.
Teaching: She offers advanced fiction workshops and technical seminars on narrative structure and first-person voice. Ma emphasizes risk-taking in creative processes and guides students through draft development and scene construction.
