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Gwen Z.

Gwen Z. is an editorial intern at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop.

By Gwen Z.:
September Bookmarks: 22 New Books by Asian Writers
August Bookmarks: 21 New Books by Asian Writers
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Recent Articles

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    Reportage
    By Saliha Bayrak

    Fotohane Darkroom empowers kids through photography workshops in southeastern Türkiye.

    kestane kebap
    Poetry
    By Z. Yasmin Waheed

    how must it feel for my mother, watching?

    1947
    Poetry
    By Amrita Chand

    After the doctors diagnosed my violences, I guessed I’d die immortal

    Tastes of Beiping
    By Liang Shih-chiu 梁實秋

    Selections from Essays from a Cottager’s Sketchbook 雅舍小品

    “Where are you from?”
    Poetry
    By Tran Tran

    I repeat, there is no leaving in the afterlife

    Two Poems by Kimberly Nguyen
    Poetry
    By Kimberly Nguyen

    “dodging the bullet” and “google search: do abusers know they are abusive”

    José Olivarez on The Source
    Interviews
    By The Source, José Olivarez

    Episode 4 of The Source

    Osipon
    Fiction
    By The Asian American Writers’ Workshop

    Six pieces from the Philippines’ Bikol region

    Editor’s Note: An Omega Kan Satuyang Osipon | The Omega of Our Osipon
    By Kristian Sendon Cordero

    Our guest editor introduces our folio Osipon

    Ang Osong na si Beatriz | The Osong That Is Beatriz
    By Raniela E. Barbaza

    Ang babae sa osipon ni Ana T. Calixto |
    The woman in Ana T. Calixto’s osipon

    Osipon: About the Art
    By Kristian Sendon Cordero

    Rustom Pujado’s prognostics, signs, and gnosis

    Bangkera | The Boatwoman
    Fiction
    By Emmanuel Barrameda

    Hanggang sa maging desperado, sasayaw at mag-aalay ng itlog kay Sta. Clara sa Obando, magdadasal sa iba pang Santa at Birhen, maglalakad nang paluhod sa simbahan ng Quiapo at Baclaran. | Desperation sets in, and they dance and offer eggs to Santa Clara in Obando, walk on their knees inside the Quiapo and Baclaran shrines.

    Kuminalpos an Silaod | Slipped the Snare
    Fiction
    By Ana T. Calixto

    Nagugustuhan mo palan an ugali ni Polding, ay ngata naman ta si Don Lope pa an saimong pinanugaan na pakakasalan? |
    If it’s Polding’s character that you like, why did you pledge to marry Don Lope?

    Revolt from Hymen
    Poetry
    By Angela Manalang-Gloria

    O to be free at last

    Kung Tawagin Siya’y Angela Buruka: Sa Alaala ni Angela Manalang-Gloria | And We Call Her Angela Buruka: In Memory of Angela Manalang-Gloria
    By Niles Jordan Breis

    A writer contends with the legacy of a difficult, much-hated local woman who was also a giant of Philippine letters.

    A Omegang Babayi | The Omega Woman
    Poetry
    By Francisco V. Peñones, Jr.

    Lumuwas ika o magraan dagos |
    Get out of the ring, or you’ll die in pain

    Aubade with American Dream
    Poetry
    By Ela Kini

    you are only a persimmon stranded
    on a rowboat sinking, ocean slipping solemn against your wrinkled skin.

    The alternative to your country is not my country
    Poetry
    By Tiffany Wu

    I am America for the boy who mistrusts my accent.

    Funeral for My Twenties
    Poetry
    By Saba Keramati

    The firewood was dry, and burned clean and smokeless. A soft orange.

    Safety Pin
    Poetry
    By Luisa A. Igloria

    Safety is a body with a place to hide in.

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