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Cherry Blossom Girl

  • Julie Chang
  • June 28, 2021
Her name was Ing Hua. Literal translation: Cherry Blossom.
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Omayra (In Other Words)

  • Ricardo Frasso Jaramillo
  • June 22, 2021
I wonder, then, what it is to die. Perhaps to die is a matter of location.
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On Monsters and Mythology: A Conversation with Alex DiFrancesco

  • Jessica Mannion
  • June 9, 2021
Alex DiFrancesco discusses their new story collection, TRANSMUTATION.
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Circuitous Journeys: Talking with Sejal Shah

  • Madhushree Ghosh
  • May 20, 2020
Sejal Shah discusses her debut essay collection, THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE.
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Welcome to South Bend: How to Change Your Name in Indiana

  • Kelcey Parker Ervick
  • August 20, 2019
I don’t even know what planet I'm on!
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Introducing Lamoishe and Hezbollah Schoenfeld

  • Nato Green
  • July 23, 2019
I nearly got disowned over my decision not to pass on the family name.
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How to Name Dead Babies

  • Susanna Childress
  • June 17, 2019
Let’s not pretend first means there’s a good place to start.
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Say the Name

  • Lauren Swift
  • September 26, 2017
And what weapons does Trump have in his arsenal, beyond the name he has been able to hide malignant words and actions behind?
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Multitudes: The Practice of Forgetting

  • Mary Ann Thomas
  • December 12, 2016
I want to say it must matter. Because history is erased from our veins when we allow ourselves to forget where we came from.
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The Name Before My Name

  • S. Isabel Choi
  • July 18, 2016
There are times when I must uncork the period, for Isabel only chases my given name.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: What’s in a Name? A Tale of Two Alis and Three Muhammads

  • Precious Rasheeda Muhammad
  • June 19, 2016
Few things are as important to me as my name.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Used to Be Schwartz

  • Anca Szilágyi
  • April 23, 2016
When I told my friend Aharon that my family name used to be Schwartz, he said, “Used to be Schwartz—sounds like a Borscht Belt act.”
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