Eric C. Wat
Eric C. Wat is the author of four books. His latest, Daddy Issues: Stories (2025), was the winner of Barbara DiBernard Prize in fiction. Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles (2022) won the Outstanding Book Award in History from the Association of Asian American Studies. His debut novel, SWIM, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller in 2019. His second novel manuscript, Drive, was a finalist in the Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series. His writing continues to draw from his decades-long activism, primarily in immigrant/workers’ rights and the AIDS movement.
Where to find me at the festival
May 31, 2026 -
Brevity: Souls of Short Stories
