Mom and I got really into the arcade claw machine one elementary school summer. Handful of tokens, a frappé from the neighboring cafe, ready. We aren't even coffee drinkers. Our eyes scan a sea of tightly packed yellow...
Arcade Neophytes
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Sarah Matsui
Sarah Matsui has been featured in NPR Code Switch, Jacobin Magazine, and Rethinking Schools Magazine’s “Our Picks for Books for Social Justice Teaching: Policy.” Her latest writing was selected as the winner of the 2021 Sewanee Review Nonfiction Contest judged by Stephanie Danler and a winner of the 2022 Fractured Lit Anthology Contest judged by Deesha Philyaw. She is the recipient of awards and support from Tin House, Lighthouse, the San Francisco Arts Commission, Theatre Bay Area, Gotham Writers, Longleaf Writers Conference, and Kearny Street Workshop. She is currently working on her first memoir and her first novel.