• “Zero,” “Train Song,” and “Kindling” (Prism Review, LaVerne, May 2014)

• “Camphor” (Narrative Magazine, 2014)

• “Sweetgum” (Ruminate Magazine, November 2013)

• “We Named Our Dogs After Liquor” (Narrative Magazine, 2013)

• “Bare” (The Quotable)

• “Hungry” and “Pusoy Dos” (Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, June 2012, Issue 17)

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In 2014 Julia was a finalist for the Aquarius Press / Willow Books Literature Awards, for a manuscript of poetry entitled Illuminated Body. She received her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (2015).