[13] In Deep House (2025), Atherton Lin recounts his transnational relationship before the legalization of same-sex marriage or immigration concessions for binational gay couples.

[15] Atherton Lin's essay ‘The Wrong Daddy’ was a finalist for a National Magazine Award,[16] the first-ever such nomination for a piece published by The Yale Review in its two-centuries-plus history.

[17][18] Atherton Lin profiled non-binary celebrities Sam Smith, Bimini Bon-Boulash and Mae Martin for British editions of GQ, traditionally a men’s magazine.

He wrote the cover feature on Wolfgang Tillmans for the September 2022 issue of Frieze in advance of the artist’s retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art.

[23] In 2022, Atherton Lin was featured in artist Every Ocean Hughes's durational performance at the Moderna Museet.