Six Girls Without Pants: Poems by Paisley Rekdal [in AsianWeek]
28 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Poetry, Repost
From the author of the fabulous memoir The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee about growing up hapa, a new collection of irreverent, irresistible, humorous, heartbreaking poems.
Review: "New...
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Family Devotions
Da Chen’s late father was supportive of every endeavor his son attempted. Except for becoming a writer. “Writers were always the first to be blamed and punished for any...
Hip debut fiction by Canadian Chong, chronicling a week in the life of 18-year-old Saul St. Pierre, the slacker son of a famous folk-singing couple, coming to terms with the suicide of his estranged mother.
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