Dakota Pailes-Friedman

As lockdown protests erupt in China in 2022, past and present blend for a Chinese woman living in New York; all the while, a leaky radiator sparks a romance between her husband and an older neighbor…

Calvin traverses empty landscapes to his childhood home, where he finds his sister sorting through and packing their parents' belongings. His delusions metabolize, and he sinks, on an afternoon of dying trees.

After a long day in New York City, Lenny kisses his estranged mother gently on the forehead. "Could you stay for a while?"

As lockdown protests erupt in China in 2022, past and present blend for a Chinese woman living in New York; all the while, a leaky radiator sparks a romance between her husband and an older neighbor…

Calvin traverses empty landscapes to his childhood home, where he finds his sister sorting through and packing their parents' belongings. His delusions metabolize, and he sinks, on an afternoon of dying trees.

After a long day in New York City, Lenny kisses his estranged mother gently on the forehead. "Could you stay for a while?"