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Poetry Tuesday
I didn’t apologize to the well

I lowered into the well—/ consented to living as someone else for a while

By Alexa Luborsky
Essays    Reportage    Marginalia    Interviews    Poetry    Fiction    Videos    Everything   
Transpacific Literary Project
Visions of Asian America in Tamio Shiraishi’s Jazz
Essays
By Harrison Vijay Tsui

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

Transpacific Literary Project
Songs of the Martial Law Years: ‘Walang Hanggang Paalam | Neverending Farewell’ and ‘Pagbabalikwas | To Break Free’
By Rene, Cristy, and Marx Rivera, The Bicutan Political Detainees

Two songs popularized during martial law speak of the time’s sentiments

Transpacific Literary Project
Visions of Asian America in Tamio Shiraishi’s Jazz
Essays
By Harrison Vijay Tsui

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

Transpacific Literary Project
Songs of the Martial Law Years: ‘Walang Hanggang Paalam | Neverending Farewell’ and ‘Pagbabalikwas | To Break Free’
By Rene, Cristy, and Marx Rivera, The Bicutan Political Detainees

Two songs popularized during martial law speak of the time’s sentiments

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    Book Launch | A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang

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    Join AAWW and the Twisted Spine for a special night celebrating the release of Hien Nguyen's debut novel, Twin Tides!
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