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NOVEMBER NON-FICTION: MY NAUSEAS, PART I BY BASSAM SIDIKI

I like to think that the first nausea was a haunting visited upon me by my Sindhi Hindu ancestors, many of whom were seafaring merchants.

Poetry as Prayer and the Praxis of Emptiness:

An Interview with Leah Silvieus about her collection Arabilis

SEPTEMBER NON-FICTION: AN EXCERPT FROM "SLANTED: HOW AN ASIAN AMERICAN TROUBLEMAKER TOOK ON THE SUPREME COURT" BY SIMON TAM

"One thing I never expected to pick up from touring was my social justice activism—and I really dove into that world, of all places, at an anime convention." Here's an excerpt from Chapter 4 of Simon Tam's stereotype-flipping memoir on taking a fight all the way to the Supreme Court.

JULY/AUGUST NONFICTION: LETTER HOME

Even in the whirlwind you made sure to shelter us. You gave rise to a people that withstood.

JUNE NONFICTION: THE STORY OF A NEW NAME

I thought of all the other reasons, implications and annoyances that went with this strange business of changing my name.

Saint Paul-Based Nonprofit Engages Hmong Youth Through Art and Activism

So, Is This What it Takes to Be Called a Terrorist?

One Muslim American's reaction to the terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand

Arts & Culture

JANUARY FICTION: "The Virtuoso"

"Her mother had played Beethoven and Mozart, the only composers she knew, to her in the womb. She’d wanted Sandra to be a prodigy."

Hyphen Staff Favorites of 2019

Some of our favorite things from the Asian American community that we discovered this year!

DECEMBER NONFICTION: MY NAUSEAS, PART II

“We have some good news and some bad news."

DECEMBER FICTION: "Retrograde"

"He had left his country in haste and hope, and didn’t want to taste the regret..."

Julie Sahni Taught My Mother How to Cook Everything

NOVEMBER FICTION: "Fei Mui"

"It’s against the rules to talk about the things that hurt me."

This Cookbook Is Really a Love Letter: On Priya Krishna's Indian-ish

News & Politics

Howdy Modi? The case for a new Indian American resistance movement

The roots of Indian America's conservative politics — and how other Indian diasporas may point to possible alternatives.

Asian Americans in the Running: Cinda Danh

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.

A Song of Mauna Kea

"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.