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A Profile of May-Lee Chai, Author of Tomorrow in Shanghai
A Review of Nuclear Family by Joseph Han
Gish Jen's Thank You, Mr. Nixon (Knopf, Feb. 1, 2022) is abundant with insights on China-America issues from the ’70s to the present
Young Corky Lee
Those who knew Corky Lee offer tribute to and memories of the beloved photographer
A Review of The Many Meanings of Meilan
A Profile of James Mattson, Author of Reprieve, about the journey of four people through a full-contact haunt and the catastrophic result that ensues
A Q&A with Naomi Hirahara

Arts & Culture

Black and white photo from an issue of Hyphen showing six people, arranged in a pyramid in three rows with one person on top. The five people on the bottom two rows have their eyes closed while the person at the top has opened their eyes. Main text, in yellow, in the center reads: Magazine Fever: Gen X Asian American Periodicals. Other text reads: Museum of Chinese in America. 10.03.24- 3.30.25
Hyphen is featured in an exhibit about Asian American periodicals at MOCA through March 2025. To celebrate we're re-releasing Hyphen merch.
Kim Liao talks about her new book which chronicles her grandfather's role in the Taiwan Independence Movement 
A Review of Ling Ma's Bliss Montage
A Retrospective Review of Anthony Veasna So's Afterparties
A Profile of May-Lee Chai, Author of Tomorrow in Shanghai

News & Politics

Ten Taiwanese American thinkers, writers and journalists discuss representation, identity, coalition building and responsible media coverage that they hope to see
A resource list for the Asian American community to do our part in dismantling anti-Black racism.
From meal services to infosheets and masks, organizations are stepping up to help Koreatown's OG residents
A message and list of resources courtesy of our network organization, AACRE 
The roots of Indian America's conservative politics — and how other Indian diasporas may point to possible alternatives.
Lynn, Massachusetts is home to the third-largest Cambodian American population in the country. 28-year old Cinda Danh could become their first Asian American city councilor.
"I often wonder what King Kalākaua would think of today ... How would he understand the observatories, set to study the heavens at the cost of the gods?" Contributor Madelyn McKeague walks us through the history that led to today's fight to protect the sacred site.

More Recent Posts

Cover of Speak Okinawa
A Q&A with Elizabeth Miki Brina, author of Speak, Okinawa 
Viviane Eng - March 13, 2021
Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Elizabeth Miki Brina's memoir, "Speak, Okinawa"
Elizabeth Miki Brina - February 28, 2021
Matthew Salesses talks to Hyphen about his new book, Craft in the Real World
Willa Zhang - January 22, 2021
When I am too tired to decipher my parents’ conversations in Filipino, I focus on how they speak. Intonations rising and falling like a tide. Enunciation everywhere, most syllables stressed. Voices raised even as they say something loving. They talk quickly, confident in their pronunciations of words that would trip up my tongue.
Isabella Peralta - January 7, 2021
Cover of THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE
Poet Ansley Moon interviews Sejal Shah about her new collection of essays, This Is One Way to Dance.
Ansley Moon - December 24, 2020
"That somehow a name was the blade of your fate, held to your throat all your life."
K-Ming Chang - December 21, 2020
Woman looking at her own reflection
Perspectives on a Diverse Crisis
Sravya Tadepalli - December 20, 2020

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