Westward, Onward
It comes down to this: I feel the need to prove I belong here.
...moreIt comes down to this: I feel the need to prove I belong here.
...moreK-Ming Chang discusses her debut novel, BESTIARY.
...moreFor many years, I tried to civilize myself.
...moreI’ll always wish for one last dim sum, one more time to hear the words “I love you, too.”
...moreTo grieve is to demonstrate dedication to those we love.
...moreEach luminous metaphor lays claim over sadness or violence, remaking it.
...moreVanessa Hua discusses her forthcoming novel, A RIVER OF STARS.
...moreI finish counting and start over, trying, always, to solve the equation of myself.
...moreChen’s sense of history is reason enough to appreciate her poetry, but equally thrilling is her language.
...moreIt paralyzes me to think about the sacrifices my family made before I was in my mother’s womb. When they came here they knew they would lose a part of their language, their memories, their sanctity of self.
...moreVanessa Hua discusses her debut collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities, writing fiction in order to understand life as an American-born child of immigrants, and the importance of literary community.
...moreUnwittingly, my mother teaches me in this conversation her generation’s word for gay: 同性恋. I look it up in an online dictionary, three characters in my mother’s tongue. Same, sex, and love.
...moreI assume he’s going to drop us off, wish us luck, and speed away. But instead Little Wei slams on his brakes, turns off the ignition, and says, “I will climb, too.”
...moreJade Chang discusses her new novel The Wangs vs. the World, citizen journalism, and how to write an immigrant story that’s not all about pain.
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