Roselyle Zhao / Work

Writing &
Performance

Poetry, prose & performance.

As High as the Clouds — original square zine cover with a mountain photograph and English and Chinese typography
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As High as the Clouds

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A photographic zine made from a visit to Mount Qiyun, where a search for menstrual supplies became a story about the distance between celebrating fertility and meeting everyday needs.

Photography / Zine · 2026
活人阿北 performing stand-up with a microphone and an expressive hand gesture on a blue-lit stage
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Stand-up

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活人阿北 (Raw ABEI) — Chinese-language stand-up in New York, primarily for Chinese immigrant audiences.

Chinese-language stand-up · New York
Four photographs of a street procession in Lukang, selected for the travel writing collection
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Travel Logs

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Notes from journeys: places, encounters and the things that stay.

Travel writing
An original film photograph of red, pink and yellow flowers in front of small buildings in Peru
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Poetry

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2020–2024 · Rochester Years

Poetry · 赵北一