sliced july
I wake up to July, water-bloated on the bed next to me and I know, going home has never been impossible until now...
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Li Yin
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Numb is Trapped, in Numbers
In a society that is defined by the internet, the media and sensory overload, is there true original thought? Garnering unprecedented...
Elisha-Grace King
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Mini-Me
Meeting this new person prompted me to feel emotional about the connection to home I lost by attending boarding school. I wrote this poem...
Autumn McIntyre
- Feb 20
- 4 min
Burn
And the blonde girl was always so patronizing. She thought that she was so special for being the only one that knew him and Bella were...
Eunice Kim
- Feb 20
- 3 min
crave
Language shift in American immigrants typically occurs after three generations, with the third generation communicating entirely in...
Lilirose (Rose) Luo
- Feb 20
- 1 min
白蛇传 / transformation
but you do not hear them. if you had, you would have known to flee—
tripping over the calluses of your own feet to escape.
if you had...
LiLi Xiong
- Feb 20
- 3 min
Morning in the Life of a 21st Century Student
6:00 am -
You blearily wake up from a dream about a penguin clinging to the edge of a sheet of ice. In its eyes, it has that pleading...
Autumn McIntyre
- Feb 5
- 7 min
West District
“We need to meet tonight,” Min stated, sliding into the empty seat across from Jung-hee. Jung-hee blinked. He stared at Min like a deer...
Eric Nhem
- Feb 5
- 15 min
Quarter Life Crisis
MAY 2021 A scream erupts from Max’s throat. He won the lottery! Well, the next best thing. Max reads the first words of the email again:...
Eric Nhem
- Feb 5
- 18 min
I Accidentally Break The World. Oops
Author’s note: I wrote this piece for a writing contest. We had to write the first chapter of a fantasy story. It could be about whatever...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
- Feb 3
- 3 min
Reflection on Diaspora Poetry
This is the core of a diaspora poem. For me, it is a eulogy. Grief in every word. Mourning the motherland.
Autumn McIntyre
- Jan 16
- 5 min
Good Behavior Part 1
Xiao Dan “And what did Principal Gagnon say?” “That I must’ve misheard. And that I shouldn’t eavesdrop on the boy’s locker room.” Xiao...
Autumn McIntyre
- Jan 16
- 8 min
Good Behavior Part 2
Xiao Dan Xiao Dan had never smelled anything worse than the boy’s locker room. She stopped herself from gagging and sucked in a breath....
LiLi Xiong
- Jan 9
- 2 min
50 Ways to Be a Woman: Written by a Man
Don’t play video games. We all know it’s for male attention.
Have hobbies other than doing your hair and makeup. Women are so shallow...
Emma Wong
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Dirge for an Immigrant
A poem about the constant burning of California's (and elsewhere's) Chinatowns. From Antioch (1876) to San Jose (1887) to Santa Ana (1906...
Hannah Chen
- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min
Collage
Step one: find different papers of all different sizes. Step two: cut them, rip them however you like. Step three: get glue, and start...
Prerna Kulkarni
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
The female thoughts that society dismisses as hormonal teenage rebellion
The intersectionality between woman and girl I could say that I am a woman now, Although the neighbors still call me “girl.” What marks...
Yanitta Iew
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
Love Letter to Bangkok
Dear Asian Youth, I have lived in the same city since I was born, but I have always tried to pinpoint reasons to leave – counting the...
Hannah Govan
- Aug 13, 2021
- 15 min
Send Noods: Love Letters to Three Dishes
Hannah Govan writes three love letters to three different noodle dishes with the historical background behind each dish.
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