Amy Ching-Yan Lam

Amy Ching-Yan Lam is an artist and writer. She is the author of Baby Book (2023), a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards in Poetry; Property Journal (2024), a year-long journal documenting experiences of property; and Looty Goes to Heaven (2022), a historical fiction about a small dog that was stolen from China by British troops. Her most recent exhibition and book, 83% Perfect (2025), looks at educational systems, individualism, and complicity. From 2006 to 2020, she was part of the performance art duo Life of a Craphead. She teaches creative writing in the English department of New York University. Amy lives in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn and Tkaronto/Toronto. Featured photo by Marvin Luvualu Antonió.