Selected Articles & Essays

• A Broken Link, The New York Times Magazine
• ‘A Common American Death,’ The Atlantic 
• When Adoption Promises Are Broken, The Atlantic
• Don’t Grieve Alone. Reach Out., The New York Times
• How to Live When You Know You’re Dying, Slate
• The Search for Madame Liu-Tsong, Vulture
• Magic Can Be Normal, Hazlitt
• We All Deserve to Be Safe, The Atlantic
• The Person I Became After My Father’s Death, Time 
• I’m Tired of Trying to Educate White People About Anti-Asian Racism, Time
• I Thought I’d Get to See My Mother Again. Then the Pandemic Hit, Time
• Stories of Transracial Adoptees Must Be Heard—Even Uncomfortable Ones, The Guardian
• What I Learned from Kristi Yamaguchi, The New York Times Magazine
• Kelly Marie Tran Has a Story to Tell, GQ
• John Cho Navigates a Beckoning Universe, The New York Times

 

On Books and Writing

• The Costs of Becoming a Writer, Esquire
• The Best Memoirs of 2025, Time
• The Best Memoirs of 2024, Esquire
• The Family That Tried to End Racism Through Adoption, The Atlantic 
• Grieving His Mother’s Death, Ocean Vuong Learned to Write for Himself, Time
• Elizabeth Acevedo Has Written Her First Novel for Adults—and It’s Full of Magic, Time
• Amy Tan on Writing and the Secrets of Her Past, Shondaland
• Review of ‘Penitence,’ by Kristin Koval, The Washington Post
• Judgment: 2020 Super Rooster Semifinals, Tournament of Books
• Judgment: 2017 Quarterfinals, Tournament of Books

 

Selected Television/Radio/Podcast Appearances

• CNN: All There Is with Anderson Cooper: Nicole Chung
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Nicole Chung
• The Daily Show Beyond the Scenes with Roy Wood, Jr.: Transracial Adoption and Navigating Racial Identity 
• NPR Morning Edition: Nicole Chung, author of ‘A Living Remedy,’ shares her journey through grief, capitalism and forgiveness (with Steve Inskeep)
• MSNBC American Voices: Bestselling author speaks on why grief is complicated (with Alicia Menendez)
• NPR Weekend Edition: Family and Identity in ‘All You Can Ever Know’ (with Lulu Garcia-Navarro)
  
• BBC Woman’s Hour: Transracial adoption (with Jane Garvey)
• KQED Forum: Nicole Chung on How Grief Can Be ‘A Living Remedy’ (with Mina Kim)
• OPB Think Out Loud: Nicole Chung’s ‘A Living Remedy’ tackles grief, forgiveness and the failings of the American health care system (with Geoff Norcross)
• NPR/WBUR On Point: Identity, Acceptance Permeate Nicole Chung’s Memoir of Adoption (with Meghna Chakrabarti)
• WBEZ Reset: Nicole Chung’s new memoir is a deeply personal look at ‘grieving under capitalism’ (with Sasha-Ann Simons)
• Texas Public Radio: Nicole Chung’s memoir ‘A Living Remedy’ explores a daughter’s grief and strength to survive (with Yvette Benavides)
• KERA Think: Open adoptions are still complicated (with Krys Boyd)
• OPB Think Out Loud: Exploring the intricacies of open adoption (with Dave Miller)
• NPR All Things Considered: How to Talk to Kids About Anti-Asian Racism (with Audie Cornish)
• Live Wire (with Luke Burbank and Elena Passarello)
• Barnes & Noble Poured Over: Nicole Chung on A Living Remedy (with Miwa Messer)
• LA Times Asian Enough: Nicole Chung (with Jen Yamato and Tracy Brown)
• All the Asians on Star Trek: Away Mission with Nicole Chung (with Phil Yu)
• They Call Us Bruce: They Call Us Nicole Chung (with Phil Yu and Jeff Yang)