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November Adoptee Literature Folio

What the Repeal of DACA Means for Undocumented Asian Americans

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Community & Social

Drawing Conclusions in Seventh Grade

Review of The Way to Bea by Kat Yeh

Bury What We Cannot Take:

An Interview with Kirstin Chen

March Nonfiction: "23 Days Through Europe: What I Learned on the Chinese Tour Bus" by Crystal Duan

The adults on the tour bus interrogated me about American politics and culture: Could I explain the Black Lives Matter movement? What was my opinion on economic opportunities for Asians in Silicon Valley? Did I think Americans were fake because they were always smiling? Who was this Justin Bieber person?

The Postcolonial Flâneur

A Review of The Charm Buyers by Lillian Howan

Emmy-nominated Filmmaker Nanfu Wang’s Explores Identity and Personal Freedom on the Street with "I AM ANOTHER YOU"

Mark Making and Public Poetry:

From the recent Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington

The Elusive Concept of Home:

A Review of Go Home!, an anthology edited by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Arts & Culture

Drawing Conclusions in Seventh Grade

Review of The Way to Bea by Kat Yeh

Spotlight on 2018 Whiting Award Winners Patty Yumi Cottrell, Hansol Jung, Esmé Weijun Wang and Weike Wang

Four emerging writers speak about their work, who inspires them, the rituals they follow and what excites them about Asian American literature.

April Fiction: "Hungry Ghosts" by Deborah Wei

"When he wakes, palms sweating and heart pounding, the ring is almost painful on his heat-swollen finger."

Bury What We Cannot Take:

An Interview with Kirstin Chen

Sari Arambulo: Rising Star of NBC’s A.P. Bio

On Her Favorite Disney Films and The Unpredictable Life of the Full-Time Student Actor

March Poetry: "My Lunch Box" by Tony DelaRosa

George Takei, Elena Wang and the Allegiance Cast Weigh in on Identity, Culture and the Enduring Power of Musicals

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News & Politics

Out of the Shadows: Cambodian Genocide Survivors Tell Their Stories

After years of silence, an ongoing oral history project preserves the stories of Cambodian American women who survived the 1970s genocide.

Activist Spotlight: Joe Enlet Works to Uplift Pacific Islanders in the United States

"There needs to be a recognition that we are different—not in a way that is separatist, but in a way that affirms the unique stories, trauma and experiences of our culturally specific groups."

Good Immigrant, Bad Immigrant: What the Repeal of DACA Means for Undocumented Asian Americans

For the 120,000 Asian Americans eligible for the program, model minority pressures run high.

Against "Fire and Fury"

As tensions with North Korea continue to rise, Korean American voices are often left out of the conversation. Hyphen presents twelve responses to the ongoing crisis.