There’s no shame in loving durian at this New York City haven.
“The process of writing a novel can sound cohesive and tidy. At the time it feels much more like walking around in a very dark and very cluttered room, moving slowly, hoping you’ll run into something like an intention instead of a sharp object, or more often, a wall.”
A new episode of AAWW Radio with guests Ather Zia, Hafsa Kanjwal, and Sameetah Agha
Q&A With Ramy Youssef about the Arab-Muslim
American experience
The author of If You See Me Dont Say Hi discusses the draw of the short story, writing with new vocabularies of race, and the immigrant communities of the Midwest.
How art teacher Cecile Chong has connected generations, continents and patterns of migration in her work
The scholar and author of Empire’s Tracks discusses a history of the American West through Chinese workers, white supremacist violence, and the division of the working class along racial lines.
The author of Severance talks apocalyptic immigrant narratives, co-opting consumerism, and the disease of remembering.
The author talks her long career as a novelist, her obsession with adolescence, and the disruptive process of writing her latest novel, Trust Exercise.
“Magic and writing, it’s all misdirection, defamiliarization, and at its best, the ahhhhh moment of surprise.”
The Korean feminist poet talks undermining patriarchy, the Korean literary world’s #MeToo, and why the material is more honest than matters of the soul
Pauline Park, Myles Markham, and Xoài Pham on the queer historical figures across Asia that have inspired in them a sense of belonging
Muslim American women explore new paths to romance via technology.
“I don’t think that writers choose their subjects. I think they choose us. I think they step out of history books, off the sidewalk, or from a near future, and they say, ‘Hey, fool, you’ll be writing this one!'”
How the scarcity of these staples gave rise to a food pantry offering culturally appropriate South Asian food in NYC
Surviving police surveillance and internal policing within the Muslim community of New York City
The author of Empire’s Tracks talks anti-imperialist immigrant movements, the alternate history of the Transcontinental Railroad, and the rumor of U.S. sovereignty.
The author of Miracle Creek on courtroom dramas, the unrealistic expectations placed on mothers, and writing an immigrant whodunnit
In English, you choose to be gender-neutral. In Indonesian, it’s a gift from the language.
The author of The Collected Schizophrenias speaks to the challenge of telling truths when writing about a disorder that lies over and over again
“To occupy this space, this body, is disorienting and at times disturbing, because you are never quite sure whose gaze truly sees you beyond the projections and assumptions and desires.”
“The process of writing a novel can sound cohesive and tidy. At the time it feels much more like walking around in a very dark and very cluttered room, moving slowly, hoping you’ll run into something like an intention instead of a sharp object, or more often, a wall.”
Pauline Park, Myles Markham, and Xoài Pham on the queer historical figures across Asia that have inspired in them a sense of belonging
A new episode of AAWW Radio with guests Ather Zia, Hafsa Kanjwal, and Sameetah Agha
Muslim American women explore new paths to romance via technology.
Q&A With Ramy Youssef about the Arab-Muslim
American experience
“I don’t think that writers choose their subjects. I think they choose us. I think they step out of history books, off the sidewalk, or from a near future, and they say, ‘Hey, fool, you’ll be writing this one!'”
The author of If You See Me Dont Say Hi discusses the draw of the short story, writing with new vocabularies of race, and the immigrant communities of the Midwest.
How the scarcity of these staples gave rise to a food pantry offering culturally appropriate South Asian food in NYC
How art teacher Cecile Chong has connected generations, continents and patterns of migration in her work
Surviving police surveillance and internal policing within the Muslim community of New York City
The scholar and author of Empire’s Tracks discusses a history of the American West through Chinese workers, white supremacist violence, and the division of the working class along racial lines.
The author of Empire’s Tracks talks anti-imperialist immigrant movements, the alternate history of the Transcontinental Railroad, and the rumor of U.S. sovereignty.
The author of Severance talks apocalyptic immigrant narratives, co-opting consumerism, and the disease of remembering.
The author of Miracle Creek on courtroom dramas, the unrealistic expectations placed on mothers, and writing an immigrant whodunnit
The author talks her long career as a novelist, her obsession with adolescence, and the disruptive process of writing her latest novel, Trust Exercise.
In English, you choose to be gender-neutral. In Indonesian, it’s a gift from the language.
“Magic and writing, it’s all misdirection, defamiliarization, and at its best, the ahhhhh moment of surprise.”
The author of The Collected Schizophrenias speaks to the challenge of telling truths when writing about a disorder that lies over and over again
The Korean feminist poet talks undermining patriarchy, the Korean literary world’s #MeToo, and why the material is more honest than matters of the soul
“To occupy this space, this body, is disorienting and at times disturbing, because you are never quite sure whose gaze truly sees you beyond the projections and assumptions and desires.”