သူတို့မျှော်လင့်နေကြတဲ့/ အနာဂတ်ကို/ ငါတို့ မြင်ခွင့်ရပါ့မလား။ |
do their protests/ sound out a future/
we’ll be able to witness?

By Maw Shein Win
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What do return narratives tell us about a changing world? As China has risen to economic power, a trend in Chinese American literature has emerged.

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The reissue of Amit Chaudhuri’s 1998 novel, Freedom Song, revives a forgotten path for political literature.

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لكن المنـفى ينبت مرة أخرى كالحشائـش البرية تحت ظلال الزيتـون | Exile sprouts anew, like untamed grass beneath the shade of olive trees

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A young woman struggles to stay in a loving relationship while being haunted by a past abuser.

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The layered histories of Black and Asian communities in the Queens neighborhood.

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Our language can only approximate the horror of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

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On Joma Sison and Julie de Lima, the Philippines’ most famous leftist couple

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A Filipino and a Chinese girl, both comfort women, find friendship in a piece of critical fabulation

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How learning a third language became a place of reconciliation for my mother tongues.

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그때 그 상황에 헌병들이 하는 말이 모두 쏼라쏼라 들렸다. | The English words of the police fell senselessly to the ground.

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As my math grades plummeted, my interest in trombone records skyrocketed

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With plans for a new jail in Chinatown underway, community trust in the police erodes.

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Once a Maoist dry-goods business, the store has become a hub for Asian American culture and community

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Translating Anuradha Sarma Pujari’s My Poems Are Not for Your Ad Campaign

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Moving toward liberation through music in South Africa

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The limits of empathizing with your occupier

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Gossip and care in the Indo American community in Queens

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Gardaya’s letters offer glimpses into his fruitless search for love and acceptance in America

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그때 그 상황에 헌병들이 하는 말이 모두 쏼라쏼라 들렸다. | The English words of the police fell senselessly to the ground.

Essays

What do return narratives tell us about a changing world? As China has risen to economic power, a trend in Chinese American literature has emerged.

Essays

As my math grades plummeted, my interest in trombone records skyrocketed

Essays

The reissue of Amit Chaudhuri’s 1998 novel, Freedom Song, revives a forgotten path for political literature.

Essays

لكن المنـفى ينبت مرة أخرى كالحشائـش البرية تحت ظلال الزيتـون | Exile sprouts anew, like untamed grass beneath the shade of olive trees

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With plans for a new jail in Chinatown underway, community trust in the police erodes.

Essays

A young woman struggles to stay in a loving relationship while being haunted by a past abuser.

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Once a Maoist dry-goods business, the store has become a hub for Asian American culture and community

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The layered histories of Black and Asian communities in the Queens neighborhood.

Essays

Translating Anuradha Sarma Pujari’s My Poems Are Not for Your Ad Campaign

Essays

Our language can only approximate the horror of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

Essays

Moving toward liberation through music in South Africa

Essays

On Joma Sison and Julie de Lima, the Philippines’ most famous leftist couple

Essays

The limits of empathizing with your occupier

Essays

A Filipino and a Chinese girl, both comfort women, find friendship in a piece of critical fabulation

Essays

Gossip and care in the Indo American community in Queens

Essays

How learning a third language became a place of reconciliation for my mother tongues.

Essays

Gardaya’s letters offer glimpses into his fruitless search for love and acceptance in America