An Impossible Goodbye
This past Tuesday, I received a phone call that I could have never expected. “Hi Grace, we have some really hard news to share,” my friend’s mother said, “Helen died.” […]
This past Tuesday, I received a phone call that I could have never expected. “Hi Grace, we have some really hard news to share,” my friend’s mother said, “Helen died.” […]
With Christmas just two weeks away, I’ve seen several adoptive parents asking where to find Chinese or culturally themed ornaments for stocking stuffers and small Christmas presents for their children. […]
Though we both have white partners now, in this conversation, Rosita and I ponder what our youth and early romantic experiences would have been like if Asian men had been a predominant demographic in our areas and if Asian men had been celebrated as masculine and desirable and if our own identities as Asian women had been validated by society.
During my senior year of my undergraduate experience, I participated in two senior capstone courses for both of my majors. My Chinese Language and Culture capstone looked at the Chinese […]
Behind the Dragon Gate: Environmental Injustice in Chinatowns Vibrant shades of red, bold calligraphy, the pungent smells of durian fruit or fresh fish, and the inextricable feeling of being in […]
Beijing Bicycle is a coming-of-age story of two teenage boys in the city whose lives become intertwined through the ownership of a bicycle. One is a country boy, seeking a […]
I was cleaning out an old thumb drive and found this short essay I wrote in high school. The assignment was based on the criteria for NPR’s This I Believe […]
This is a paper I presented at the 2016 Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Introduction: Imagine taking a child to the grocery store, […]
Lantern Festival – 3/05/2015 Refer to A 元宵节 UPDATE: here Shangai Day 1 – 3/06/2015 Today, we took the bullet train to Shanghai. It was a really interesting experience and […]
Emma’s Story Authors: Deborah Hodge, Song Nan Zhang (Illustrator) Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Plot Summary: Emma and her brother are making cookies at their grandma’s house when she notices that she is the […]