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our literature
Keeren Maria Setokusumo
- May 10, 2021
- 2 min
An Apology
Dear Asian Youth, This is an unaddressed apology For my mom, with everything I can give. I love you, and I’m sorry. I’m sorry my tongue...
Uma Biswas-Whittaker
- May 9, 2021
- 1 min
Field of a Thousand Memories
Perhaps I will always remember what came before: that endless summer’s day when she wove her hair with jasmine, sweet, and searched for...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
I Do Not Yet Know What it Means to be a Woman
They say some girls never grow out of their awkward frames, walking around in bodies that still haven’t yet filled, that they thread...
Tiffany Fang
- May 3, 2021
- 11 min
Not American Enough
Dear Asian Youth, For many of us, we were born in this country, born American citizens, while our parents worked day and night,...
Gaby Yuen-Morales
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
my last name is yuen
my last name is yuen. it’s quite simple. just yuen. not yen, not juen, or wen or wan or however the hell you’d say it because at the end...
Chris Fong Chew
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Anywhere but Here
"The feeling that I never got to define who I am. That my face said it all—foreigner. My face says I don't speak English. "
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