When my grandfather died / last spring I thought I’d move to California, convert / to Catholicism, kneel beside my halmoni at early Mass.
The poet and winner of the Reckless Books’ New Immigrant Writing Prize on supporting DRUM and the work of Guyanese poet Martin Carter
The East Elmhurst-based poet and editor on Ada Limón’s “Instructions on Not Giving Up” and supporting Laal NYC
On the screen, an old man is dying in his bed. / The adults are talking / loudly, two feet away from each other. / From their voices, I can tell their hatred / for that old man, a thin blanket to his chin.
A regular round-up of our digital programming to keep you company at home.
Older now, the sparrow God / gave my grandmother in place /of succulence.
Philippine Dance Group Kinding Sindaw Is NYC’s Cultural Warfront Against Indigenous Erasure
Can you say Mommy’s name, sweetie? Can you do that for Mommy?
From the crop fields in the 1900s to modern-day hospitals, the history of Filipinos in the U.S. is a story of survival and resistance.
“This book is labeled historical, but it is a reimagining. It is surreal.”
In our home we brewed ginseng tea to battle unnamed / diseases. We held hands with health. I was never good at it, of course: / always too bitter, oversteeped. Always the universe mocking me / from the sidelines.
A chapter from Year of the Rabbit, a graphic novel memoir of one family’s life under the Khmer Rouge
Featuring activists and political organizers Diane C. Fujino, Fred Ho, Baba Herman Ferguson, Esperanza Martell, and Laura Whitehorn.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha in conversation with Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
The author of Starling Days on the hunger relief organization Feeding America and “100 Things About Writing a Novel”
The author of Ghost Of on the importance of constraint, the page as a field, and facilitating findings among her students
Perhaps for you a minefield’s / just a field, for you a mother tongue / is not some rune that breaks your mouth / and heart.
A regular round-up of our digital programming to keep you company at home.
The poet and winner of the Reckless Books’ New Immigrant Writing Prize on supporting DRUM and the work of Guyanese poet Martin Carter
From the crop fields in the 1900s to modern-day hospitals, the history of Filipinos in the U.S. is a story of survival and resistance.
“This book is labeled historical, but it is a reimagining. It is surreal.”
The East Elmhurst-based poet and editor on Ada Limón’s “Instructions on Not Giving Up” and supporting Laal NYC
In our home we brewed ginseng tea to battle unnamed / diseases. We held hands with health. I was never good at it, of course: / always too bitter, oversteeped. Always the universe mocking me / from the sidelines.
A chapter from Year of the Rabbit, a graphic novel memoir of one family’s life under the Khmer Rouge
On the screen, an old man is dying in his bed. / The adults are talking / loudly, two feet away from each other. / From their voices, I can tell their hatred / for that old man, a thin blanket to his chin.
Featuring activists and political organizers Diane C. Fujino, Fred Ho, Baba Herman Ferguson, Esperanza Martell, and Laura Whitehorn.
A regular round-up of our digital programming to keep you company at home.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha in conversation with Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
Older now, the sparrow God / gave my grandmother in place /of succulence.
The author of Starling Days on the hunger relief organization Feeding America and “100 Things About Writing a Novel”
Philippine Dance Group Kinding Sindaw Is NYC’s Cultural Warfront Against Indigenous Erasure
The author of Ghost Of on the importance of constraint, the page as a field, and facilitating findings among her students
Perhaps for you a minefield’s / just a field, for you a mother tongue / is not some rune that breaks your mouth / and heart.
Can you say Mommy’s name, sweetie? Can you do that for Mommy?
A regular round-up of our digital programming to keep you company at home.